P&Z commission meets for workshop on battery storage and data centers - Nov. 19, 2025
The Linn County Planning Commission met on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for a brief meeting to review and approve minutes from three previous meetings. The board members in attendance asked for printed versions for review, which were provided by new Planning and Zoning Director Jennifer Cummings, but noted they...[More]
What sounds like a trumpet - Nov. 19, 2025
This is a column I wrote years ago that I thought today’s readers might enjoy. We decided to take a short float trip one November afternoon, down the river bordering some public hunting land. We have killed several deer in such a manner; just drifting along so slowly and so quietly you are...[More]
Jayhawk and Pleasanton football has a big presence in All League selections - Nov. 19, 2025
The 2025 Three Rivers League 11-man Football All League team was announced and both Pleasanton and Jayhawk Linn had multiple players making each of the teams. Jayhawk had three players make first team offense. Trevor Brownback made the team at running back while Josiah Randall got the nod at tight...[More]
Linn County Rodeo contestants compete at the upcoming Prairie Circuit Finals - Nov. 19, 2025
The 2025 PRCA Prairie Circuit (Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska) Finals Rodeo moves to the Kansas Star Casino Arena, Mulvane, Kan., Nov. 20-22. For the previous 13 years, the circuit finals were held in Duncan, Okla. The top 12 ranked contestants in each of 10 rodeo events on Sept. 30 (end of the 2025 season)...[More]
Dream Aesthetics, Mound City, fulfilling a dream - Nov. 19, 2025
Life is a series of twists and turns and for Dream Aesthetics owner, Rhonda Kellstadt, it took her into self-employment and happiness in life. Many know Kellstadt from her many years working as a nurse practitioner with Mercy Health, transitioning to CHC/SEK in Pleasanton; but few know what drove her...[More]
Holiday food drive distributions this weekend - Nov. 19, 2025
Besides the food pantries located across Linn County, individual entities are collecting food for distribution, two of them this weekend. The first is a food drive organized by the First Christian Church in Pleasanton, 603 N. Main, with distribution of food items scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 23 from 12:30...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Nov. 19, 2025
Black-hole It’s no secret, Facebook is a mess. It’s driven by profit, one-sided politics and power – but, it does give a person an insight into what is trending in our nation or around the world. With that, I’ve been noticing a large number of American patriots speaking...[More]
Transparency, Weaponized - Nov. 19, 2025
Transparency is usually a good thing. But so is privacy. And so, too, are limits on government power. Which bring me to the Epstein files — or, more accurately, those files bring me here. “I don’t think we’ve had a scandal like this in this country,”...[More]
Leland Ray Underwood ~ 07-16-1946 to 11-02-2025 - Nov. 18, 2025
Linn County News Published November 19, 2025 Leland Ray Underwood, age 79, Fulton, Kan., passed away Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. He was born on July 16, 1946, at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Clifford and Wilma Clayton Underwood. He served time in the United States Navy. He then became an equipment...[More]
Donald E. Johnson ~ 08-22-1940 to 11-11-2025 - Nov. 18, 2025
Linn County News Published November 19, 2025 Donald E. Johnson, 85, passed at home after a battle with pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Don was the youngest of five born in Blue Mound, Kan., to William McKinley and Alma Ida Tinsley Johnson. He attended Blue Mound schools, and graduated...[More]
