Linn County P&Z Appeals Board denies subdivision appeal - Sep. 24, 2025
Following the filing of an appeal on the approval of Sunshine Meadows housing development, the Linn County Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals met Tuesday night and denied the appeal. Appeals Board Chair David Fisher read case number ZA25-01 to the audience and seven other members of the Appeals Board. After...[More]
Commissioners discuss suggestion to leave EDA position vacant - Sep. 24, 2025
During the Sept. 22 meeting, the commissioners discussed a suggestion made by Linn County Commissioner Jason Higtower to not fill the position of Economic Development Association (EDA) Director and review things next year at budget time to see if they wanted to fill it at that time. Hightower began...[More]
USD 362 board hears positive results from spring state tests - Sep. 24, 2025
Students score higher than state averages in high-level new-test math quadrants Prairie View Unified School District 362’s board of education heard positive results from scoring on last spring’s new state assessment testing at their Sept. 16 monthly meeting. Joseph Hornback, Ed.D.,...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 24, 2025
Freedom of Speech USCourts.gov explains free speech, basically in a nutshell, as, “Freedom of speech includes the right: Not to speak (specifically, the right not to salute the flag). West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943). Of students to wear black armbands to school...[More]
First Things First: A Free Speech Primer - Sep. 24, 2025
Reprinted from Kansas Press This Week There’s been a lot of public statements and commentary in the past few days, weeks and years about what the free speech provisions of the First Amendment mean. Some of the statements, even from those charged with enforcing the law, have been strained,...[More]
General Pleasonton Days set for Oct 4-5 - Sep. 24, 2025
The annual General Pleasonton Days celebration is set for Oct 4-5 this year with activities ranging from Main Street to Dunlap Park. The weekend event will begin with a fundraiser breakfast for Linn County Rural Fire Station 920 at the Community Center from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Parade lineup begins at 10...[More]
Prairie View football picks up a big win against Wellsville - Sep. 24, 2025
Last week the Buffalos lost to Pioneer League foe Santa Fe Trail and wanted to get back in the winning column this week against Wellsville another Pioneer League foe. The Buffalos lost to Wellsville last season but this year was different and the Buffalos defeated Wellsville 42-35 behind their solid...[More]
Jayhawk volleyball has a solid week going 3-0 - Sep. 24, 2025
The Jayhawk Linn volleyball team had a good week as they traveled to Erie on Sept. 16 for a Three Rivers League triangular against Erie and Northeast Arma and then traveled to Prairie View on Sept. 18 for a best of five sets game. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
Angie Yeates Randall ~ 06-22-1967 to 09-22-2025 - Sep. 23, 2025
Linn County News Published October 1, 2025 Angelina Marie "Angie" Yeates Randall, age 58, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. She was born on June 22, 1967 in Edmonds, Wash., the daughter of Donald Verlyn and Alberta Margaret Oberosler Yeates. She...[More]
