Mark Arthur Davis ~ 05-26-1972 to 08-31-2024 - Sep. 3, 2024
Linn County News Published September 11, 2024 Mark Arthur Davis, age 52, Parker, Kan., died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at the Lighthouse Presbyterian Church, Paola, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to...[More]
Sharon Lea Bedgood ~ 10-14-1941 to 08-26-2024 - Sep. 3, 2024
Linn County News Published September 4, 2024 Sharon Lea Bedgood of Mound City, Kan., passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Sharon was preceded in death by the love of her life, husband Jerry L. Bedgood, Sr. in 2020, Also preceding her in death were her father, mother,...[More]
La Cygne council rejects new stop signs - Aug. 28, 2024
Police chief finds less expensive school signal lights La Cygne’s municipal governing board has turned down a suggestion to place new stop signs along North 4th Street. The motion to empower a single new four-way stop at the intersection of 4th and Lincoln was defeated on a 3-2 vote,...[More]
Commissioner questions KORA process - Aug. 28, 2024
At the end of the Aug. 26 meeting Commissioner Jim Johnson asked County Clerk David Lamb who was involved in gathering the information put out in the KORA request, noting some of it was private information and should not have been put out. Lamb noted that he, IT Director Chris Martin and the Sheriff’s...[More]
USD 362 reschedules budget hearings - Aug. 28, 2024
Board finds discrepancies between published budget, KSDE guide Prairie View Unified School District 362 has rescheduled its annual required budget hearings for Sept. 17. At their originally scheduled hearing(s) Aug. 20, the board of education and central administration found that correct budget...[More]
County to temporarily close portion of CR-1077 for repairs - Aug. 28, 2024
During the weekly meeting of the commissioners on Monday, Aug. 26, Linn County Public Works Administrator Shaun West reported that the repair project on CR-1077 and 900 Road where the culvert collapsed had begun; however, there is an issue with how they are trying to work the repair. West noted that...[More]
Robert Elmer Weickert ~ 08-12-1944 to 08-22-2024 - Aug. 26, 2024
Linn County News Published August 28, 2024 Robert E. Weickert, age 80, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. He was born on Aug. 12, 1944, on the family farm near La Cygne, Kan., the son of Frank and Opal Michaels Weickert. Bob was one of four children...[More]
Candy Sue Bergemann ~ 03-23-1953 to 08-06-2024 - Aug. 26, 2024
Linn County News Published August 28, 2024 Candy Sue Bergemann, 71, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 6, 2024, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. After suffering major health problems in 2017, she resided at Arma Health and Rehab in Arma,...[More]
Deloris Louise Wisdom ~ 02-03-1938 to 08-20-2024 - Aug. 26, 2024
Linn County News Published August 28, 2024 Deloris Louise Wisdom, age 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Aug. 20, 2024. She was born the daughter of Clarence and Louise Masters Peters on Feb. 3, 1938, at Kansas City, Mo. Deloris was a caregiver in nursing homes...[More]
Zechariah Taylor Wood Kellerman 01-14-1993 to 08-06-2024 - Aug. 26, 2024
Linn County News Published August 28, 2024 Zechariah Taylor Wood Kellerman, age 31, of Centerville, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. He was born on Jan. 14, 1993, in Bellingham, Wash., the son of Janet Sue Brownback. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School. He then attended...[More]
