Commissioners hold hearing to amend 2022 budget - Dec. 28, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners held a budget amendment hearing during their Dec. 27 meeting to amend the 2022 budget to change two funds. The first fund changed was the Linn County Health Department which increased from $414,895 to $500,000; the second fund changed was the Capital Improvement fund, which...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 28, 2022
Research Christmas is a memory; the tree is still up, tinsel is scattered through the house due to wayward, happy dog tails getting too close to decorated branches, but Christmas music is no more on most stations. The New Year, on the other hand, is still looming upon us. Advertising has shifted from...[More]
USD 362 School Board - Monday, December 12, 2022 - Dec. 28, 2022
In addition to extension of two-year administrative contracts, a report located elsewhere in this issue, the Prairie View Unified School District 362 board of education at their monthly meeting Dec. 12 approved grants received from district United Methodist churches (UMCs). On individual 7-0 votes separated...[More]
A three course supper - Dec. 28, 2022
A man who lives in the country ought to have a good squirrel dog and I don’t have one. The old-timers I knew back home in the hills would not understand that! Problems, problems, problems! Maybe squirrel dog prices will come down after next week’s election. The nearest...[More]
Rose Blanche Miller ~ 01-12-1939 to 12-23-2022 - Dec. 26, 2022
Linn County News Published December 28, 2022 Rose Blanche Miller, age 83, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at her home on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial...[More]
Bryan Eugene Thomas ~ 08-31-1961 to 12-18-2022 - Dec. 26, 2022
Linn County News Published December 28, 2022 Bryan Eugene Thomas, age 61, Centerville, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. A memorial service will be held 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Memorial contributions...[More]
SPECIAL: SCAM ALERT - Dec. 21, 2022
Please be aware there are people in the county receiving phone calls from people claiming to be with Medicare needing to verify your information so Medicare can send you a new plastic card. This is a scam. Please do not give them your personal information or anything pertaining to your Medicare benefits....[More]
Trading Post site of first Linn County Wreaths Across America - Dec. 21, 2022
It was a very brisk winter morning last Saturday, Dec.10, when volunteers, the American Legion Hewitt-New Post #248 Mound City Honor Guard and onlookers met to decorate graves of veterans with Christmas wreaths – and to hear veterans names called out aloud. Trading Post curator Ali Hamilton organized...[More]
Bed bug discovery cancels school - Dec. 21, 2022
USD 346 discovered evidence of bed bugs early last week resulting in the district cancelling classes for the last two days of the school week. “We are not dealing with a major infestation,” said Superintendent Shawn Thomas, “but our focus was to err on the side of caution to prevent...[More]
USD 362 extends admin contracts - Dec. 21, 2022
Prairie View district administrators had their contracts extended by a year in unanimous action by the Unified School District 362 board of education at their regular monthly meeting Dec. 12. Two-year contracts now through the 2024-25 school term were approved for Rex Bollinger, Ed.D., district superintendent;...[More]