Prairie View football ends season against Parsons - Nov. 8, 2023
The Prairie View Buffalos began their season against Parsons and they ended their 2023 season against Parsons. The football team hosted a Regional 3A playoff game against Parsons on Nov. 3. Their first game of the 2023 season against Parsons was another home game which they lost 42-8. This time the...[More]
Jayhawk 8-2 season mirrors 2022 campaign - Nov. 8, 2023
If the just-completed Jayhawk Linn football season were able to peer into a looking glass, it would see a recognizable reflection to its 2022 campaign. Eight wins, four of them in Three Rivers play, to claim an undefeated league crown. And, alas, two losses, one in the Class 1-A District 2 title game...[More]
FOR THE RECORD - Nov. 8, 2023 - Nov. 8, 2023
ACCIDENT REPORTS On 9-10-2023, Tanner J. Feris, La Cygne, was entering Gate 2 of Tanglewood Lakes when the gate shut on the driver’s side wheel well of the truck bed, causing the bed to be scratched and taillight to be removed. (Case 230752) On 9-12-2023, Joanna M. Archer, St. Joseph, Mo., was...[More]
KDWP to host cooking competition featuring wild game, foraged foods - Nov. 8, 2023
SHAWNEE – Whether grilled, smoked, poached, canned or dehydrated – wild foods procured from the Kansas outdoors will be on showcase at the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ first-ever cooking competition in Lawrence on Sunday, November 19, 2023. Whether you’re new to the...[More]
Gary John Hald ~ 01-19-1946 to 11-02-2023 - Nov. 7, 2023
Gary John Hald 01-19-1946 to 11-02-2023 Linn County News Published Nov. 8, 2023 Gary John Hald, age 77, of the Sugar Valley Lakes Community near Mound City, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Funeral services were Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 at the Schneider Funeral Home and...[More]
Neal DeWayne Peterson ~ 03-05-1946 to 10-03-2023 - Nov. 2, 2023
Linn County News Published Nov. 8, 2023 Neal DeWayne Peterson, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. He was born on March 5, 1946 in Pleasanton, Kan., the son of Homer Emmett and Thelma McGinnis Peterson. He attended Linnville School and graduated from Mound...[More]
Drought repeats as primary harvest, livestock factor - Nov. 1, 2023
County weather stations report year’s rainfall 60 percent of average For the second straight year, drought is the story of Linn County’s fall harvest and of livestock care heading into winter. The most recent drought monitor released last Thursday by the United States Department...[More]
P&Z Admin sets rules for upcoming solar forum - Nov. 1, 2023
At the end of the commissioners meeting on Monday, Oct. 30, Planning and Zoning Administrator Darin Wilson reminded the commissioners of the upcoming public forum on Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. at the Courthouse Annex, for Article 14 of the county zoning regulations regarding commercial solar farms. Wilson then...[More]
Motorcycle rally garners questions of cost to city - Nov. 1, 2023
With questions broached at the last Pleasanton council meeting, City Administrator Becky Hegwald presented a report that showed the cost of the Thunder on the Street rally over the last three years and sales tax income for the same time period. Councilman Jake Mattingley said the city had hired a comprehensive...[More]
Homelessness: A look at the legal side of the issue - Nov. 1, 2023
With the recent passage of the new Kansas law addressing the issue of homelessness, a whole new subset of issues have arisen with the homeless population in the state, not the least of which is the move into more rural areas by the homeless. The new law, which is similar in content to the new law in...[More]