Silver Haired Legislator needed for Linn County - Jan. 20, 2021
The Silver Haired Legislature elections will be held on March 17, 2021. Linn County currently has no representative. The East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging is seeking individuals who are age 60 and over in Linn County to run for this position. Information on the role and duty of a Silver Haired...[More]
Larry Wayne Stainbrook 11-09-1956 to 01-17-2021 - Jan. 19, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 20, 2021 Larry Wayne Stainbrook, age 64, Fontana, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. He was born on Nov. 9, 1956, in Paola, Kan., the son of Robert and Wilma Rhynerson Stainbrook. He graduated from Prairie View High School in the Class of 1975. He was the...[More]
James Lemuel “Jim” Rutherford 09-14-1941 to 01-13-2021 - Jan. 19, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 20, 2021 James Lemuel “Jim” Rutherford, age 79, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Wednesday Jan. 13, 2021, at St Luke’s South Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. He was born on Sept. 14, 1941, in Okolona, Ark., the son of Thomas and Vera Crain Rutherford....[More]
Robert Lee Stewart 10-25-1946 to 01-15-2021 - Jan. 19, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 20, 2021 Robert Lee Stewart, 74, a resident of Fulton, Kan., died Jan. 15, 2021. He was born Oct. 25, 1946, in Moran, Kan., to Myron Leslie Stewart and Barbara Jean (Boyd) Stewart of Xenia, Kan. Bob, or Bobby, as he was known to family and friends, grew up on...[More]
James “Jim” William Finfrock 12-30-1936 to 01-13-2021 - Jan. 19, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 20, 2021 James “Jim” William Finfrock, age 84, of Paola, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center. Jim was born Dec. 30, 1936, at Centerville, Kan. He was the oldest of four children born to William Fredrick and Olan F....[More]
Joseph C. Donohue 08-08-1939 to 01-13-2021 - Jan. 19, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 20, 2021 Joe Donohue, age 81, of Greeley, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at Vintage Park, Osawatomie, Kan. Joseph C. Donohue was born on Aug. 8, 1939, on the family farm south of Greeley. Joe was the fifth of six children born to John...[More]
Judge Johnson swears in county officials - Jan. 13, 2021
Linn County District Court Judge Terri Johnson was on hand at the Jan. 11 commissioners meeting to swear in newly elected officials. County Clerk David Lamb noted that County Attorney-elect Burton Harding would not be able to attend the swearing in and would be sworn in at a later date. Lamb also noted...[More]
$1.97 million SPARK funding winding down - Jan. 13, 2021
County utilizes funds in multiple ways The Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) Taskforce was given the responsibility of bringing Kansas through the recovery of COVID-19, and in so doing the SPARK executive and steering committees, working with the Office of Recovery,...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jan. 13, 2021
Jumping ship It’s been interesting watching people’s reactions after each state’s electors certified Joe Biden as president-elect. Most politicians could be equated to rats jumping ship – they couldn’t distance themselves from President Trump soon enough. Immediately following...[More]
Prairie View, Pioneer League ponder Baldwin addition - Jan. 13, 2021
Pioneer League schools, including Prairie View, are pondering a request by Baldwin to join the league in the 2022-23 school year. The item was broached by Russell Pope, board member, at Monday’s monthly meeting of the Unified School District 362 board of education. During the meeting’s...[More]
