Marguerite Ellen Sims 04-16-1920 to 08-18-2016 - Aug. 23, 2016
Marguerite Ellen Sims, age 96, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born on April 16, 1920, in Stanton Township, Miami County, Kan., the daughter of William and Hazel Ricketts Skeens. She was a homemaker and married George Verlas Sims on...[More]
Leo D. McRae 05-14-1932 to 08-20-2016 - Aug. 23, 2016
Leo D. McRae, age 84, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. He was born at Centerville, Kan., on May 14, 1932, the son of Carl and Glenna Driskill McRae. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School and attended Artificial Insemination School at Kansas State University. He married...[More]
JoAnn Vose Porter 08-17-1930 to 08-14-2016 - Aug. 23, 2016
JoAnn Vose Porter, 85, formerly of Kansas City, Kan., died in peace on Aug. 14, 2016, in the comfort of her home in Garnett, Kan. She was born Aug. 17, 1930. Graduate from Washington Rural High School, was a lifelong member of White Church Christian Church and proudly retired from Deluxe Check...[More]
Youth fishing derby draws good crowd, good fish - Aug. 17, 2016
The annual youth fishing derby was held on Saturday, Aug. 13, at Big Sugar Creek at the Linn County Fairgrounds. This year there were 32 competitors ranging in age from 4-16, and they all had approximately one hour to catch as many fish as possible. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Lies - Aug. 17, 2016
Holy cow! That is all I can say – eventually lies catch up and settle where they need to, and that is the case for Hillary Clinton and her email scandal. What makes me shake my head is how many blind people we have in these United States who don’t care that she lied under oath – not...[More]
Linn County Fair hosts annual pedal pull - Aug. 17, 2016
The Farm Bureau-sponsored pedal pull was held at the Linn County Fair on the evening of Friday, Aug. 12. Kids from the ages of 4-12 competed in the event, and the top-three placers from each age group will advance to the State Fair pedal pull in Hutchinson. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]
USD 362 to see 10 new teachers - Aug. 17, 2016
Unified School District 362 students will see 10 new licensed teachers as they begin classes this week. Joe Cullor begins his first full year of teaching, though he filled in as Prairie View High social science instructor during the final two months of the previous term. To see the full...[More]
Air Force pilot speaks to Linn County Republican group - Aug. 17, 2016
The Linn County Republican Central Committee held their annual picnic Monday evening, Aug. 15, at Bunker Hill Community Center in Mound City. Chairman Ruth McGrew introduced the speaker as U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bryan Miller from Sheridan, Wyo. He is a Wyoming state committeeman running...[More]
New La Cygne pastor: ‘on’ the call before ‘hearing’ the call - Aug. 17, 2016
Glen Duderstadt is right at home at a microphone. Years before heeding the call to the pulpit, the new La Cygne/New Lancaster United Methodist Church (UMC) pastor worked for Ottawa radio station KOFO and made calls of numerous sporting events, primarily at the high school level. To see the...[More]
Thunderbird cousins share final 4-H fair connection - Aug. 17, 2016
With the 2016 Linn County Fair but a memory, two cousins from Parker’s Thunderbird 4-H Club can now officially cross the threshold to adulthood together. The 4-H togetherness has marked Clayton Sharrow and Ethan Stahl for the past seven years. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]