BULLY PULPIT - Aug. 20, 2025
Brain fog I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m mentally shot. There comes a time when our brain’s say ‘no more,’ and that’s where I’m at. It’s time for a fishing trip. I look out my kitchen window to raised-bed gardens that are growing...[More]
Are you making the best use of your ears? - Aug. 20, 2025
“Hear that lonesome whippoorwill/ He sounds too blue to fly/ The midnight train is whining low…” – Hank Williams Among the books I mean to get around to reading is Neil Ansell’s “The Edge of Silence: In Search of the Disappearing Sounds of Nature.” Although...[More]
Rethinking what safety means - Aug. 20, 2025
Rethinking what safety means Joe Scarborough threw kindling onto the fire. In the context of President Trump calling up the National Guard to help police the streets of Washington, D.C. — “you’ll have more police and you’ll be so happy, ’cause you’d...[More]
Time for Trump to show Putin who’s boss - Aug. 20, 2025
Mr. Trump, “Tear down that Putin!” That’s something my father might say at this point if he were watching Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy still struggling to end the bloody war in Ukraine. Trump is in Alaska to meet face-to-face with Putin. Zelenskyy is waiting...[More]
John Clayton Bowman ~ 02-01-1944 to 08-17-2025 - Aug. 19, 2025
Linn County News Published August 20, 2025 John Clayton Bowman, age 81, Parker, Kan., passed away Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. He was born on Feb. 1, 1944, in Goodrich, Kan., the son of John Thomas “Tom” Bowman and Carrie Theodoshia Shafer Bowman. John attended Parker Rural High School....[More]
La Cygne leaders discuss food truck issue - Aug. 13, 2025
Council sets permit parameters for proposed ordinance La Cygne’s governing body has set the parameters for its police chief, Zachary Mathies, to develop guidelines into ordinance form concerning transient food trucks in the city. Concerning the issue, last Wednesday’s regular council...[More]
Commissioners make statement in regards to grievance filed - Aug. 13, 2025
A ten-minute executive session that included only Commissioners Jim Johnson and Jason Hightower with County Counselor Jacklyn Paletta and Economic Development Director Chasity Ware was held for legal matters on Monday, during the weekly meeting. Following that session, Commissioner Hightower made the...[More]
Frog gigging a new ‘old sport’ - Aug. 13, 2025
It’s another one of those…So…stories. So, last weekend was an adventure. I’ve gotten involved with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Wild Foods Academy (WFA) that is a pilot program designed to educate many ‘left-0ut’ people’s groups, indigenous,...[More]
Prescott appoints Roberts interim mayor - Aug. 13, 2025
The Aug. 11, 2025, meeting of the Prescott City Council opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Karen Springer gave the food pantry report. She reminded the council that, unlike larger food pantries who may have a paid position or two, the Reach Out Food Pantry does not, so she truly appreciates all the...[More]
Former Osborne house destroyed in fire - Aug. 13, 2025
Fire personnel responded to the scene of vacant structure on fire at 18155 Kansas Highway 52 on Monday afternoon. According to Linn County Fire Chief Randy Hegwald, the structure was a total loss and the cause of the fire is still under investigation....[More]
