Wallace “Mack” Probasco ~ 07-05-1959 to 09-02-2025 - Sep. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published September 10, 2025 Wallace “Mack” Probasco, age 66 of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. He was born the son of Francis Mack and Edna E. Wallace Probasco on July 5, 1959, in Fort Scott, Kan. He graduated from Pleasanton...[More]
Martha F. Couch ~ 01-03-1929 to 07-18-2025 - Sep. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published September 10, 2025 It is with much sorrow that the family of Martha Frasier Couch, a woman of deep faith and compassion, shares the news that she passed away peacefully on July 18, 2025, just months after the passing of her husband, Keith, who was the love of...[More]
Spradling era kicks off with oohhs and 'Oz' - Sep. 6, 2025
Jason Spradling's head coaching era at Prairie View debuted with plenty of oohhs and 'Oz' Friday night. The oohhs came from an offensive running attack that amassed 612 rushing yards, all but 99 in the first half, and saw Buffalo four-year starters Parker Schwarz gain 287 yards and five touchdowns and...[More]
Annual flowers that take the heat - Sep. 3, 2025
As temperatures rise, some annuals slow down or stop flowering due to heat stall. They will recover as temperatures cool but may leave your gardens or containers looking less colorful. Take some time now to evaluate annual flowers that are thriving in your garden and those that may need to be left off...[More]
Paris Township voting location to move to Mound City - Sep. 3, 2025
Citing low voter turnout at the Farlinville voting location, and cost savings, County Clerk Danielle Souza is closing the location and moving Paris Township voters to the Linn County Courthouse Annex, 306 Main St., Mound City beginning with the Nov. 4 election. Souza said, “I’m not taking...[More]
USD 362 passes 2025-26 school budget - Sep. 3, 2025
Though exceeding revenue neutral, board cuts 1.5 mills from proposal Prairie View Unified School District 362’s board of education has unanimously agreed to a 2025-26 budget that exceeds revenue neutral, but it will be 1.5 mills less than the official statutory published proposal. At...[More]
Parker appoints police chief - Sep. 3, 2025
More than six months after its police department was dissolved and over four months since its reinstatement, Parker now has a police chief. At a special meeting last Thursday night, upon Mayor Jason Webber’s recommendation, the council voted 4-0 with Kandice Higgins not present to appoint Chris...[More]
Pleasanton Chamber Business Expo Thursday, Sept. 4 - Sep. 3, 2025
Free hotdogs to attendees The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a business expo Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Pleasanton Community Center. The public is welcome to come see the diverse businesses available to them from 4 – 7 p.m. The Chamber is providing free hotdogs and chips to anyone that...[More]
MCHP seeks quilts for Fall Festival and Quilt Show - Sep. 3, 2025
The Mound City Historical Society, caretakers of the Mound City Historical Park, will hold their second annual Fall Festival and Quilt Show on Oct. 11-12. Entries for the Quilt Show are now being taken. Quilt Show organizer Maribeth Kehl says they are once again looking for approximately 100 entries...[More]
Groundhog Hunter - Sep. 3, 2025
A would-be big game hunter… reduced to hunting groundhogs Myrtle Kelly was a widow lady, a good friend of my grandparents, who owned the Big Piney River bottom fields next to the Sweet Potato Eddy. I have written about her before, how I would ride my bicycle down to her place as a boy and we...[More]
