Pleasanton girls win Linn County Tournament for the first time in 21 years - Dec. 12, 2018
It has not happened very often and it has not happened in 21 years, but the Lady Jays’ basketball team won the 2018 Linn County Tournament.The tournament was hosted by Pleasanton this year and held on Dec. 4, 6 and 7. The Lady Jays made their way to the championship by defeating Osawatomie on Dec....[More]
Herring House Herbs brings herbal remedies to Pleasanton - Dec. 12, 2018
2006 Pleasanton High School graduate Sarah (Woody) Herring has come home to live and open a new business – a homeopathic herbal medicine business – based on her knowledge gathered through a degree from Northwest Missouri State University in biology and a Ph.D. earned in pharmacology and toxicology...[More]
Bully Pulpit: The common man (woman) - Dec. 12, 2018
I had many mixed emotions, mostly disgust, the other day when I was listening to the news and heard France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaking out against President Trump’s move to make the United States more nationalistic and less of the world’s patsy, not necessarily Macron’s...[More]
Small Rodeo of the Year - Dec. 12, 2018
SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Linn County Fair and Rodeo is recognized as the Small Rodeo of the Year at the annual Women’s Professional Rodeo Association’s Star Celebration in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 6. Longtime Linn County Fair and Rodeo Board member John Teagarden accepted the award,...[More]
Mound City Planning and Zoning Commission approves zoning change for law enforcement center site - Dec. 12, 2018
With Chairman Grant Goodison leading the Mound City Planning and Zoning Commission last Tuesday night, Dec. 4, four new members took their seats on the board, including Lorna Turley, Paul Myers, Al Hurt and Beverly Read.As part of their yearly housekeeping duties, the board nominated Goodison to once...[More]
Shrum part of 4141 funeral train crew - Dec. 12, 2018
The trademark blue decorated locomotive that took President George H.W. Bush to his final resting place was a plan in the making for many years. The locomotive was actually unveiled by Union Pacific in 2005.Www.omaha.com reported, “Scott Moore, a senior vice president and spokesman for UP, said...[More]
John Kauffman 12-10-2018 - Dec. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Dec. 12, 2018John Kauffman, age 92, of Grand Junction, Colo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home in Grand Junction on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Services are pending at this time with Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel....[More]
Virginia Ruth Mitchell 04-29-1930 to 12-10-2018 - Dec. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Dec. 12, 2018Virginia Ruth Mitchell, age 88, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, at her home. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery.Visitation...[More]
Ray Wurtz 09-15-1932 to 11-29-2018 - Dec. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Dec. 12, 2018Ray Wurtz, 86, of Lakeland, Fla., entered into eternal peace with the Lord, at his home, with all of his family by his side on Nov. 29, 2018.Ray was of the Pentecostal faith. He was the son of Benjamin and Viola Wurtz of Pleasanton, Kan. He was born in Pleasanton...[More]
John Harold Rieder 07-29-1915 to 12-06-2018 - Dec. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Dec. 12, 2018John Harold Rieder, 103, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Dec. 6, 2018.John Harold was born on July 29, 1915, in Rosedale, Kan., at 4408 Mission Road in Wyandotte County. His parents, Gottlieb Rieder and Emma Suter, were born in Switzerland. His father was a dairyman....[More]