Linn County Commissioners - Monday, June 13, 2022 - Jun. 15, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners met for their regular weekly meeting and paid bills in the amount of $814,162.69. They approved payment no. 21 for River City Construction in the amount of $404,828.51. Sheriff Kevin Friend’s report showed a total of 29 prisoners in-house with nine farmed out. River City...[More]
Sheriff’s budget and others approved at Commissioners - Jun. 15, 2022
Several 2023 budgets were tentatively approved; including the Linn County Sheriff’s budget that came in at $3,386,019 – up by $72,019 due to the climbing cost of fuel. Sheriff Kevin Friend said his farmed out inmate housing cost decreased by $45,000, but the line item still held at $55,000...[More]
Infrastructure funds top issue of county officials meeting - Jun. 15, 2022
With every city in Linn County represented by one or more officials, the Commissioner’s Annex was full last Tuesday evening, June 7 at the County Officials third quarterly meeting. Economic Development Director Jessica Hightower distributed a spreadsheet that showed how much money each of the...[More]
Parker patrons seek codes compliance - Jun. 15, 2022
With citations, city attorney can set court dates Parker citizens asking for codes enforcement aired their grievances publicly during Thursday’s monthly council meeting’s public comments agenda segment. Ryan Sobba, a former councilman, reported that five horses had shown up in a fenced...[More]
Team-cut flexibility among USD 362 actions - Jun. 15, 2022
New policy is included in Prairie View High 2022-23 student handbook Giving high school coaches the flexibility to cut team numbers was among the voting actions taken by the Unified School District 362 board of education at their monthly meeting Monday night. The new sports policy was included within...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 15, 2022
Olive’s Hope To say I am disgusted is an understatement. The outlandish, mean-spirited comments put on Facebook should make everyone shake their heads in shame. And this comment is in relation to the story that ran last week concerning the eviction of Always & Furever animal rescue. When...[More]
Eva Marie Conley LaMar Frazee 05-16-1927 to 06-13-2022 - Jun. 15, 2022
Linn County News Published June 15, 2022 Eva Marie Conley LaMar Frazee, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Monday, June 13, 2022. Funeral service is pending at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. ...[More]
Change is in the wind for Pleasanton church - Jun. 15, 2022
Pleasanton’s Assembly of God Church said their goodbyes to Pastor Cary Coffey and his family on Sunday, June 12, as he preached his last sermon for a church that has been his family for six years. Pastor Coffey and his family came to Pleasanton in June of 2016 and at the end of this month he and...[More]
Jayhawk has 10 players make TRL - Jun. 15, 2022
All League baseball and softball teams Both the Jayhawk baseball and softball teams finished the year with winning records and were among the top in the Three Rivers League. So when the All TRL teams were announced it would make sense that multiple players from Jayhawk would make the teams....[More]
Linn County’s top high school track athletes - Jun. 15, 2022
The 2022 high school track season has concluded and the local high schools had a very good year. Each school sent five plus athletes to the State track meet and the Prairie View girls’ team and Pleasanton boys’ team had very good years. The Prairie View girls placed in the top five at the...[More]