Army worms on the march - Aug. 27, 2025
Pastures are the lifeblood of many a rancher and farmer in Linn County. Word has come that armyworms are decimating brome pastures in western Linn County. Landowner Mary Gilkison, Centerville, said she watched as an actual army of armyworms crawled, hatched, etc. on her brome pasture and destroyed the...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Aug. 27, 2025
County commission Elected officials are all supposedly equal; however, the county commissioners carry extra weight because they control the purse strings of the county. Linn County has three commission districts, all of pretty equal populations; only once has the idea of adding two more commission...[More]
CDC vaccine schedule may be dismantled - Aug. 27, 2025
Editor: A recent article by S. D. Wells states that the CDC’s deadly 72-vaccine childhood “schedule” is under attack as the Center for Disease Control gets sued for maiming and killing untold numbers of U.S. kids and babies. Wells says the “absolute absurdity of injecting a...[More]
Must the War Go On? - Aug. 27, 2025
“There is an easy way to end the gerrymandering wars,” a new video by The Recount asserts, “and no one is talking about it.” Except them. And us. And others. “We need more members of Congress,” the anonymous male narrator continues. “This might sound...[More]
Parker 2026 city budget could exceed revenue neutral - Aug. 27, 2025
As announced at the Aug. 14 monthly council meeting, Parker’s 2026 revenue neutral exceedance and city budget hearings will be conducted at 7 p.m. Sept. 11. City budget documentation prepared by Kathy Harrison, city treasurer, shows that Parker proposes to exceed revenue neutral as its ad valorem...[More]
La Cygne proceeds with facilities improvement - Aug. 27, 2025
Council hires engineer to assess City Hall/police, Community Building needs La Cygne city leaders have hired a familiar engineering firm in proceeding with a city facility assessment of potential City Hall/police and Community Building improvements. At last Wednesday’s regular meeting,...[More]
First aid safety with Joe Stellwagon - Aug. 27, 2025
I recently met one of Linn County’s EMS paramedics to talk about first aid and why it’s important. The paramedic’s name is Joe Stellwagon, and before we talked about first aid, I wanted to learn a little bit about him and why he became a paramedic. Joe works for AMR, the largest private...[More]
Economic Development Director resigns - Aug. 20, 2025
Cites lack of professionalism and respect in leadership During the public comment portion of the commissioners meeting on Aug. 18, Economic Development Director Chasity Ware took the podium and read a letter to the commissioners that began by noting that she had lived in Linn County for just...[More]
Pleasanton moves forward with streets plan - Aug. 20, 2025
The Pleasanton City Council met Monday night and listened to a presentation by Streets Supervisor Taylor Robinson who presented a plan on how to move forward to get all city streets redone next spring and summer. Robinson said she met with Linn County Public Works Superintendent Jesse Walton Aug. 6...[More]
USD 344 adopts new cell phone policy - Aug. 20, 2025
During the August meeting, which was moved to Tuesday, Aug. 12, the USD 344 Board of Education adopted a new cell phone policy as recommended by the Kansas Association of School Boards and Kansas State Department of Education. The new policy prompted several questions from board members regarding various...[More]
