Windfred Allen DeMott ~ 09-15-1940 to 06-07-2025 - Jun. 17, 2025
Linn County News Published June 18, 2025 Windfred Allen DeMott, age 84, resident of Bronaugh, Mo., died Saturday June 7, 2025, at the home. He was born Sept. 15, 1940, in Mound City, Kan., and his parents were Clyde Vernon DeMott and Alice Rosemond (Jackman) DeMott. He attended Mound City High...[More]
NOTICE - Jun. 11, 2025
The Golf Tournament scheduled for Saturday, June 14, to benefit the Mound City Historical Society has been postponed. New dates TBD so stay tuned......[More]
Commissioners discuss estimate on overlay project - Jun. 11, 2025
During the June 9 meeting, the Linn County Commissioners discussed a quote from Pfefferkorn on a mile and half section of overlay. Interim Public Works Administrator Jessie Walton noted costs were significantly higher than a similar project undertaken last year. Walton explained that last years’...[More]
Pleasanton council meeting heated over fire personnel interviews - Jun. 11, 2025
A full-house greeted council members Monday night as things got heated concerning what interviews were held for the position of fire chief. Mayor Mathew Young appointed Tanner Edwards, Jeff Wisdom, Michael Cohen, Donald Bertram and Renae Marshall as firefighters with 5-0 approval for all five. Councilman...[More]
La Cygne gas customers may see rate decrease - Jun. 11, 2025
KMGA rates manager presents review, design proposal La Cygne natural gas customers might be seeing a future rate decrease as a result of a report heard at last Wednesday’s regular council meeting. Darren Prince, Kansas Municipal Gas Agency (KMGA) manager of regulatory rates, appeared...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 11, 2025
Riots It’s almost like Déjà vu from 2016 when Black Lives Matter and Antifa were hot and heavy disrupting major cities in the United States in what the media coined “mostly peaceful protests”; those protests left millions and millions in property damage, lives lost and...[More]
Pleasanton and Jayhawk baseball on the 2025 All TRL team - Jun. 11, 2025
The Pleasanton and Jayhawk Linn baseball teams each had a member/members of their team represented on this year’s Three Rivers League All League team. The Jays had two players make the first team in Mario Davis and Kamden Staton. The Hawks only had one player make All League in Clay Nichols...[More]
Jayhawk Linn softball has three All TRL unanimous selections - Jun. 11, 2025
The Jayhawk Linn softball team had three first team All Three Rivers League selections this season. As the current Three Rivers League champions the Lady Hawks’ Gracee Willard, Callie Holt and Kenzley Nation were voted to the first team by unanimous selection. Other unanimous selections this year...[More]
Maxine Breuel ~ 11-20-1926 to 06-07-2025 - Jun. 10, 2025
Linn County News Published June 11, 2025 Maxine Breuel, age 98, Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, June 7, 2025. She was born on Nov. 20, 1926, in Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Stacey and Ruth Ellis Furse. She graduated from Mound City High School in the Class of 1943. She then...[More]
Richard Paul Henderson ~ 07-26-1950 to 06-01-2025 - Jun. 6, 2025
Linn County News Published June 11, 2025 Richard Paul Henderson, age 74, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Sunday, June 1, 2025. He was born on July 26, 1950, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Charles and Lidea Morris Henderson. After graduating high school, Rich joined the United States Navy serving...[More]
