USD 362 selects construction manager for vo-ag addition - May. 15, 2019
Nabholz Corp., Lenexa, has been unanimously selected as Unified School District 362’s construction manager for the upcoming Prairie View High vocational-agriculture addition. At the board’s regular monthly meeting Monday night, Rex Bollinger, district superintendent,...[More]
Industrial hemp now a Linn County crop - May. 15, 2019
You won’t get high on it, but you could be wearing clothing made from it or using products made with it – that’s industrial hemp, now legal to be grown in Kansas, and local landowners are taking advantage of the newly enacted legislation that allows the plant to be grown commercially. Linn...[More]
Loree Long 07-19-1930 to 05-11-2019 - May. 14, 2019
Linn County News Published May 15, 2019 Loree Long, age 88, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at The Residencies at Pleasanton. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Friends and family may leave online condolences...[More]
Ronald Ray Huffman 05-20-1931 to 05-09-2019 - May. 14, 2019
Linn County News Published May 15, 2019 Ronald Ray Huffman, age 87 of Pleasanton, Kan., died Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Guest Home Estates Assisted Living. Ronald was born May 20, 1931, in Grigston, Kan. He was the youngest of eight children born to Milo Robert and Gertrude Mae (Raney) Huffman....[More]
May Louise Krause 11-01-1935 to 05-05-2019 - May. 13, 2019
Linn County News Published May 15, 2019 May Louise Krause, age 83, Centerville, Kan., passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2019. She was born on Nov. 1, 1935, at Seneca, Neb., the daughter of George and Eldora Stabler Morton. She was united in marriage to Frank Krause on June 26, 1955....[More]
Alfred Lea Winters 01-06-1929 to 05-10-2019 - May. 13, 2019
Linn County News Published May 15, 2019 Alfred Lea Winters, age 90, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. He was born on Jan. 6, 1929, in Nevada, Mo., the son of Dewey and Ruth Hines Winters. He worked as a millwright...[More]
Mima Jeanne “Jeanne†Ptacek 08-31-1930 to 04-20- 2019 - May. 13, 2019
Linn County News Published May 15, 2019 Mima Jeanne "Jeanne" Ptacek, 88, of Parker, Kan., died on Saturday, April 20, 2019, after a lengthy bout with her health. Jeanne was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Burlington, Kan., to Eldon L. and Mary Ellen (Augsbury) Hunt. Jeanne was the youngest...[More]
John F. “Tiny†McGinnis 08-18-1938 to 05-08-2019 - May. 13, 2019
Linn County News Published May 15, 2019 John F. "Tiny" McGinnis, age 80, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Funeral service was scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2019, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel, with burial following...[More]
Hawk regional dress rehearsal secures top seed - May. 8, 2019
If Friday’s doubleheader sweep at Olathe’s Heritage Christian Academy is any indication, a Jayhawk-Linn regional baseball championship for the first time in nine years could be in the offing next week. With wins of 8-4 and 9-3 over the host Chargers, Jayhawk-Linn...[More]
Prairie View baseball sweeps Olpe - May. 8, 2019
The Prairie View baseball team hosted non-league foe Olpe in a doubleheader on May 3. The game was originally scheduled on May 2 but was rescheduled to May 3 due to rain. The Buffalos had no problems with Olpe as they won the first game 8-2 and the second game 15-0. The first...[More]
