Jayhawk has new classification change for 2022 football - Jul. 6, 2022
Jayhawk has new classification change for 2022 football BY ADAM HOLT LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com High school football season will be here soon and as for one of Linn County’s high school football teams there will be a change to classification. Jayhawk-Linn will drop from 2A to 1A...[More]
Five references to God in the Declaration of Independence - Jul. 6, 2022
It always amazes me when otherwise intelligent people are unable to find evidence of God in our governing documents. The Declaration of Independence alone, the signing of which we commemorate July 4th, has five references to God—two in the first paragraph, one in the second, and two in the...[More]
LINN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - Jul. 6, 2022
The commissioners approved bills Tuesday morning, as Monday was Independence Day, in the amount of $889,846.20. The amount included KwiKom’s grant to install fiber optic on the west side of the county. KwiKom approved the county’s request to hold back 10 percent of the grant of $580,000. The...[More]
Leslie (Les) Eugene Krull 06-09-1937 to 06-29-2022 - Jul. 5, 2022
Linn County News Published July 6, 2022 Leslie (Les) Eugene Krull, 85, of Berryton, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Prairie Winds Senior Living, in Berryton, Kan. He was born June 9, 1937, to Eugene and Roberta “Pauline” (Townsley) Krull at home in Mound City, Kan. The family then moved...[More]
Patrick Wayne Marmon 08-26-1942 to 06-08-2022 - Jul. 5, 2022
Linn County News Published July 6, 2022 Patrick Wayne Marmon, age 79, Paola, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022. He was born in La Cygne, Kan., on Aug. 26, 1942, the son of Harry and Mamie Wilderson Marmon. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1961. He was...[More]
Blue Mound Independence Day celebration this Saturday - Jun. 30, 2022
The City of Blue Mound will hold their annual Independence Day celebration this coming Saturday, July 2. The event will kick off at 7 a.m. with registration for the 5K Race which begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the 1 mile Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. The event organizers have named the grand marshal...[More]
Suspect arrested in pharmacy robbery - Jun. 29, 2022
Makes first appearance in court Following the robbery of the Silver Creek Pharmacy in La Cygne on Wednesday, June 22, law enforcement officers from across the county worked together to track down the suspect. Robert Woody III was arrested in Pleasanton later that day. Woody is charged...[More]
Pleasanton postmaster retiring - Jun. 29, 2022
Pleasanton Postmaster Mark Willard will be officially retiring on Thursday, June 30, at the close of business. Willard began his career with the United States Postal Service in May 1995 as a carrier and clerk at the Girard, Kan. post office. From there he moved to Walnut, Kan. where he took his first...[More]
Pleasanton senior to represent Kansas at national electric cooperative meeting - Jun. 29, 2022
Landry George, a rising high school senior from Pleasanton, will travel to Nashville next March to represent Kansas as one of only 35 students nationwide selected to participate in the Youth Leadership Council (YLC), a program of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). George...[More]
Holler presented with award for leatherworking - Jun. 29, 2022
In the sixth grade, at the age of 12, Cole Holler took a class on leather working and found something he loved. Now 16, Cole was recently named the winner of the Ann Stohlman Youth Award in leatherworking at the Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show in Sheridan, Wyo. “My grandpa is friends with Randy...[More]
