Sheriff turns in 2024 proposed budget of $3.88 million - Jun. 21, 2023
Details needs for increases in presentation During the June 19 meeting of the Linn County Commissioners, Sheriff Kevin Friend presented a proposed budget for 2024 that totaled $3,883,394.18 and then proceeded to lay out everything his department encompasses for the commissioners. Friend told...[More]
6th Judicial District Nominating Commission to meet June 29 - Jun. 21, 2023
TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 29, to review applicants for a district magistrate judge vacancy created by Judge Valorie Leblanc’s June 9 resignation. The 6th Judicial District is composed of Bourbon,...[More]
2023 All Linn County News track team - Jun. 21, 2023
The high school track season was a success for all three county high schools and it is time of the 2023 All Linn County News track team. There was plenty to choose from as all three teams had great years as stated earlier. The Prairie View girls’ team made school history by winning the girls’...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 21, 2023
Sick of it The title of this Pulpit should be a standing title for many of my Pulpits. But, it’s the truth – I am sick of things as they are. Today, Monday…a Democratic Representative from the Virgin Islands speaking on MSNBC concerning former President Donald Trump’s possession...[More]
Veterans and students take trip of lifetime together - Jun. 21, 2023
Recently five students from Prairie View High School and five veterans were paired up to take the trip of a lifetime on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. on June 4 and 5. On an Honor Flight trip, veterans get to visit the memorials created in their honor and see local monuments around Washington D.C. “The...[More]
Reconnecting with the family farm - Jun. 21, 2023
When I was a kid, my father loved the outdoors. He camped, hunted and read westerns. It was easy to appreciate his enthusiasm, whether I shared it or not. For me, it was mostly not. Saturdays in the fall we’d get up before first light, lay out our shotguns, the dog would quiver and lay on them...[More]
USD 362 adopts textbooks, lunch fee raises - Jun. 21, 2023
Unified School District 362’s board of education adopted new social studies textbooks and accepted food-service fee raises at their monthly meeting June 12. The adoption of elementary and high school level social studies textbooks came in three separate votes, each one 5-1 with Brian Lueker dissenting...[More]
LINN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Monday, June 19, 2023 - Jun. 21, 2023
The Linn County Commissioners met on Monday, June 19, with the first order of business being the approval of the minutes of the last meeting. The commissioners then approved two separate claims registers after County Clerk David Lamb explained that after payroll was ran with the new system another check...[More]
USD 362 SCHOOL BOARD - Monday, June 12, 2023 - Jun. 21, 2023
In addition to setting open enrollment capacities and acting on textbooks and food prices, two reports located elsewhere in this issue, the Prairie View Unified School District 362 board of education approved an amended fiscal year 2022-23 budget at their monthly meeting June 12. Approved on a 6-0 vote...[More]
USD 344 SCHOOL BOARD - Monday, June 12, 2023 - Jun. 21, 2023
Pleasanton school board members met on Monday, June 12, for their regular monthly meeting. After opening the meeting, they heard from Elementary Principal, Nathan Meik, who gave his monthly report. Meik summarized summer school. He shared that the students experience both academic and extracurricular...[More]
