Prairie View football falls in 3-A Regional play to Parsons - Nov. 7, 2018
It was a special year for the Prairie View football team as they made it to the 3-A Regional round of the 3-A State football playoffs. This was the farthest the Prairie View football team had been in the playoffs since the 1970 State Championship team. The Buffalos made the regional round by...[More]
Michael Alfred Kaiser 11-21-1940 to 11-01-2018 - Nov. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 7, 2018 Michael Alfred Kaiser, 77, of Centerville, Kan., died on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, at The University of Kansas Hospital. Michael was born Nov. 21, 1940, in Peoria, Ill., to Alfred Asbury and Ruth Ann (Owens) Kaiser. He proudly served his country...[More]
Julia Ann “Peg†Brownback 07- 20-1932 to 10-27-2018 - Nov. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 7, 2018 Julia Ann “Peg” Brownback of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died on Oct. 27, 2018. She was born in Pleasanton, Kan., on July 20, 1932. She was preceded in death by husband Clarence E. Brownback. She is survived by sons Robert...[More]
Lionel Wheeler 07-08-1932 to 11-04-2018 - Nov. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 7, 2018 Lionel Wheeler passed away Nov. 4, 2018, at his home in Linn Valley, Kan. He was 86 years old. Lionel was born in Hickman, Ky., on July 8, 1932, the son of Lionel and Clara Luton Wheeler. Services will be at White-Ranson Funeral Home on Nov....[More]
Nadine Anne (Thurman) Wing 02-16-1943 to 11-02-2018 - Nov. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 7, 2018 Nadine Anne (Thurman) Wing, age 75, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, from colon cancer. Nadine was born Feb. 16, 1943, in Klamath Falls, Ore., the daughter of the late Betha Ellen Roberts Thurman and William Bryan Thurman. Nadine...[More]
Dawson leads Lady Hawks in 2-A State cross country - Oct. 31, 2018
The Jayhawk girls cross country team traveled to Wamego on Oct. 27 to compete in the 2-A State cross country meet at the Wamego Country Club. The Hawks were one of 12 teams there, and they placed 11th out of 12 teams. Ellinwood won the meet as a team. Kate Dawson earned a medal and a...[More]
Buffalos advance to 3-A Regional round, defeat Caney Valley 27-7 - Oct. 31, 2018
The Prairie View football team hosted a 3-A first round playoff game on Oct. 26. The Buffalos were the one seed from their district while their opponent Caney Valley was the four seed from their district. The winner of the game will advance to the 3-A Regional round on Nov. 2. The Buffalos entered...[More]
Blu-Jays ‘rain’ supreme in bi-district tussle - Oct. 31, 2018
A front-line advantage on both sides of the football proved to be a main difference in Pleasanton’s 28-22 Class 1-A bi-district play-in bracket game over Marion last Thursday. To an extent, so did the rain. “This was the best our offensive line has played all season,”...[More]
Excessive early October rains complicate soybean harvest - Oct. 31, 2018
Despite summer drought, corn yields surprise county experts Early October rains have complicated this year’s Linn County soybean harvest. Expected lower corn yields because of a summer-long drought, however, never really materialized. That, in a nutshell, is the enigma of the...[More]
Bully Pulpit - More than a big picture - Oct. 31, 2018
I, with the majority of the nation with some kind of communication device, watched with heavy sadness in my heart the aftermath of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn. Nearing election time, our nation could almost have counted on some type of shooting incident –...[More]