Monday, May 16, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will close Somerset Road south of K-68. The closure is expected to take place around 9 a.m. Monday and remain in effect until June 1, weather permitting.
A detour will be signed along K-68, Woodland Road and West 287th Street. This closure is associated with construction on K-68 improvements that started this year.
Persons with questions may contact KDOT Construction Manager Ian Stringham, (913) 942-3158, or Public Affairs Manager Priscilla Petersen, (620) 902-6433. Check KDOT’s updated traveler information website, www.Kandrive.org, for more road condition and construction details.
NEWS
La Cygne leaders anticipate quotes
Price tags are related to City Hall software subscriptions La Cygne city leaders will be anticipating price-quote reports on City Hall software subscriptions when they meet in regular session at 7 p.m. this Wednesday. As motioned by Jerome Mitzner and seconded by... [More]
Commissioners review option for county website
Commissioners spent a portion of their Dec. 2 meeting reviewing an option for a new website hosting company. CivicPlus representative Ryan McNally provided the commissioners information on his company, focusing on their website design and hosting abilities. McNally began by... [More]
SPECIAL: Lamb resigns County Clerk position
Linn County County Clerk David Lamb announced his intent to resign his position in January; that despite his original words to voters that he’d stay in the position for two years until he could train a replacement. A press release was received over the Thanksgiving... [More]
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- Deputy extinguishes fire at Prairie View
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- La Cygne, Linn Valley reignite water talks
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SPORTS
Prairie View football sets multiple school and individual records
The Prairie View football team had a great season this year. They finished with an 8-3 record and were both 3A District and Regional champions. With such success multiple records were set this season on both a team and individual level. Here are those individual and team records... [More]
Hume teams lose openers at Appleton City
When your teams graduate four 1,000-point career scorers, a rebuild is to be expected. And that’s the case at Missouri border neighbor Hume. Well, kinda. Yes, Hume’s boys graduated cousins Beriah and Bryson Morrison, Beriah now in Kansas City, Mo.’s, Avila... [More]
More Sports
- Three Rivers League releases 11 man All League football team
- Jayhawk volleyball has a great season and earns four unanimous all league selections
- Prairie View volleyball celebrates record setting season of team and individual accomplishments
- Prairie View football defeats Columbus to move to the sectional round of the playoffs
- Prairie View football advances to Regional round of 3A playoffs
- Jayhawk cross country finishes season at 3A State meet at Rim Rock
- Allen leads Lady Buffs at State cross country
- Jayhawk cross country, boys and girls, heading to State
COMMUNITY
Powells named BC Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year
Zach, Abbie, Jacksen, Masen and Colter Powell reside in rural Mapleton, Kan., not far from the Linn County line. For those in 4-H or associated with the Linn County Fair, Abbie Powell is a familiar face as she currently serves as the Marais des Cygnes Extension District Director,... [More]
Across Kansas on a spiritual journey
It’s not a sight many people see – a man carrying a full-sized cross down Main Street. Yet, almost 200 towns in Kansas will see Kenn Neyland, 85, of Great Bend, Kan., doing just that. Neyland began his pilgrimage several years ago in Fairfield, Calif. when he began... [More]
Prairie View FFA wins 2024 East Central District Dairy Cattle CDE
The 2024 East Central District Dairy Cattle Career Development Event was held at the Linn County Fairgrounds on Nov. 6, 2024. Twenty teams and over 200 individuals participated in this year’s Career Development Event designed to provide students an opportunity to display... [More]
More Community
- JLHS cheerleaders to perform in Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade
- Regalado named as new director for Hive Library
- Taco Dinner and auction set for Oct. 19 to aid Ray of Hope
- Handcart donated to museum restored by local craftsman
- Handcart donated to museum restored by local craftsman
- New phone/device repair business opens in Pleasanton
- Parker Days slated for Sept. 20-22
- New grief/friendship group to begin meeting at Pleasanton Senior Center
