Quinn Adam Eugene Lloyd ~ 07-30-2009 to 11-04-2025 - Nov. 11, 2025
Linn County News Published November 12, 2025 Quinn Adam Eugene Lloyd, 16, passed away on November 4, 2025, in Springfield, Mo. Quinn was born on July 30, 2009, in Joplin, Mo., to Brian and Lindsay (Johnson) Lloyd. Quinn was the oldest of a set of triplets. He never let anyone forget that he was the...[More]
Alice Belle Nash Warren ~ 01-23-1967 to 11-07-2025 - Nov. 10, 2025
Linn County News Published November 12, 2025 Alice Belle Nash Warren, age 58 of Butler, Mo., passed away on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Appleton City, Mo. Alice was born the daughter of George Keith and Mary Major-Nash on Jan. 23, 1967, in Kansas City, Kan. Alice graduated from Prairie...[More]
Barbara Ann Short ~ 06-10-1948 to 11-03-2025 - Nov. 6, 2025
Linn County News Published November 12, 2025 Barbara Ann Short, age 77, Pleasant Valley, Mo., formerly of Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. She was born on June 10, 1948, in Jackson County, Mo., the daughter of Samuel Leroy and Eliza “Imogene” Meece...[More]
Recent soaking rains still leave ponds short of water - Nov. 5, 2025
For commodities, beef remains high and grain prices low Linn County’s K-State Extension and Research agent says not to be fooled yet that the recent span of six days of soaking rain has solved livestock pond water concerns. Abbie Powell, Linn County agent for the Marais des Cygnes Extension district,...[More]
Ware appointed Linn County Clerk - Nov. 5, 2025
The Linn County Republican Central Committee met at a convention called Saturday, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. for the purpose of appointing a new county clerk following the resignation of County Clerk Danielle Souza. Two candidates threw their names in the hat including current Bourbon County Clerk Susan Walker,...[More]
Part 3: Impersonating authorities - Nov. 5, 2025
One of the worst scams out there that targets everyone from just out of school to the elderly is the one in which the scammers pretend to be a government employee, usually representing the IRS or some other branch of the government which collects fees and/or fines. These can include the Social Security...[More]
Commissioners field questions on Economic Development Board - Nov. 5, 2025
During the regular weekly meeting on Monday, Nov. 3, Linn County Commissioners spoke with Jennifer Leach-Harlow via video regarding questions she had in connection to the Economic Development Board on which she sits and the Youth Entrepreneurial Challenge. Leach-Harlow noted that the individual who...[More]
Prairie View FFA team places well at national Ag Mechanics competition - Nov. 5, 2025
This past week, a four-member team from Prairie View’s FFA chapter traveled to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete at the National Ag Mechanics CDE competition. According to Trenton Smedley, PV FFA sponsor, the national competition consisted of each team member completing a written exam with general...[More]
Heartland awards $5,000 to Linn County Fair Association for fairgrounds intercom system - Nov. 5, 2025
The Linn County Fair Association has been awarded $5,000 from Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative’s Concern for Community program to install a new intercom system at the Linn County Fairgrounds. The project will provide fair organizers and volunteers with the ability to make announcements and...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Nov. 5, 2025
Time marches on I recently returned from a fishing trip, story to follow in the next few weeks, south of New Orleans. Time much needed to reset my brain – but, like I’ve learned in the past, vacations often take more work to get ready for and recover from than the time you get away… With...[More]
