Parker approves 2 bid awards - Jul. 26, 2023
Parker city leaders have approved the awarding of bids relating to the sale of a city-owned building and to construction of an access ramp along Main Street. Both votes of 3-1, with Jody Bloodgood dissenting and Kandice Higgins not present, occurred during last Thursday’s special council meeting,...[More]
Ribbon cutting held for Walter Scott Brown highway commemoration - Jul. 26, 2023
Sunday was a nice July day and approximately 70 people gathered at Cedar Crest in Pleasanton to honor a WWII veteran killed in action at Kaneohe Naval Air Station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. The ceremony was held to cut a ribbon commemorating a 10-mile section of U.S. 69 Highway as the...[More]
LINN VALLEY CITY COUNCIL - Monday, July 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2023, with Council President Lew Donelson presiding. Mayor Cindy Smith and Council Member Brenda Watkins-Muncy were absent. State Senator Caryn Tyson was scheduled to appear before the council for...[More]
LINN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Monday, July 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
The Linn County Commissioners met on Monday, July 24, and began with the approval of the minutes from the last meeting and followed that with the approval of claims in the amount of $757,045.63. County Clerk David Lamb stated he needed a legal executive session at some point. Commissioners heard from...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jul. 26, 2023
Missing information Just in the last 10 days, or so, the missing information disseminated to the public by major media outlets has become very apparent. First, I watched part of the whistle blower testimony given to Congress by the IRS agent that stumbled on alleged tax evasion by Hunter Biden....[More]
Total Effect Softball places second at year-end tournament - Jul. 26, 2023
The Total Effect softball team based in Mound City placed second in their year end tournament this past week at the Blue Valley Recreation Center. The team is coached by Kris Holt and assisted by John Sluder and consists of girls from three different schools, three different grade levels, and multiple...[More]
One last trip to the Buffalo - Jul. 26, 2023
Fifty years ago this summer I was working at Buffalo River as a naturalist for the National Park Service. It was a grand time and I loved it. In October you can help me celebrate those days and my birthday by joining me for a float down the Buffalo River. It will be an interpretive trip like we...[More]
Keitha Ann Brown ~ 07-04-1953 to 07-19-2023 - Jul. 25, 2023
Linn County News Published July 26, 2023 Keitha Ann Brown, age 70, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023. She was born in Garnett, Kan., on July 4, 1953, the daughter of Chester Keith and Mila Frances Chaney Herrmann. She was a Bulldog graduating from Blue Mound High School...[More]
Donna Jane Nickell ~ 03-18-1948 to 07-16-2023 - Jul. 25, 2023
Linn County News Published July 26, 2023 Donna Jane Nickell age 75 of Osawatomie, Kan., died Sunday July 16, 2023, at Olathe Medical Center. Donna was preceded in death by her husband Gary Wayne Nickell; her parents; siblings Jay Meeker, Jeff Meeker, Gena Gansen and Jo Hampton. Survivors...[More]
Jack Edward Bright ~ 01-12-1930 to 07-11-2023 - Jul. 25, 2023
Linn County News Published July 26, 2023 Jack Edward Bright, 93, of Pleasanton, Kansas departed us July 11, 2023, in Butler, Missouri. Jack was born January 12, 1930, in Nyhart, Mo., to John William and Lelah Pearl (nee James) Bright. He attended Nyhart schools. Jack served in the Army as...[More]