New backup system prohibits repeater failure - Jun. 30, 2021
Linn County IT Director Chris Martin spoke to the County Commissioners on Monday about a backup system for county repeaters that would prohibit them from going out of service like they did in February during the extreme cold spell that hit eastern Kansas. Following his discussion with the commissioners,...[More]
Multiple highway crashes Monday - Jun. 29, 2021
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office received several calls from subjects on US 69 of a vehicle crash at approximately 1:50pm. Linn County Sheriff’s Deputies, Linn County Fire and American Medical Response all responded to the scene that was reported near the 96 mile marker in the northbound...[More]
Josephine Mae Hetzke 08-14-1933 to 06-28-2021 - Jun. 29, 2021
Linn County News Published June 30, 2021 Josephine Mae Hetzke, age 87, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, June 28, 2021. She was born on Aug. 14, 1933, in Waterville, Kan., the daughter of William and Hulda Kneemeyer Smith. She was united in marriage to Arthur Hetzke on April 10, 1960, in Blue...[More]
Dylan Alan Querry 09-23-1997 to 06-21-2021 - Jun. 29, 2021
Linn County News Published June 30, 2021 Dylan Alan Querry, age 23, Prescott, Kan., died Monday, June 21, 2021. Funeral service was Friday June 25, 2021, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial was in the Star Valley Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to...[More]
2021 All Linn County baseball team - Jun. 23, 2021
The 2021 high school baseball season has concluded, and it is time for the 2021 All Linn County baseball team announcement. All three teams played well and were playing some of their best baseball by the end of the season. Jayhawk ended the season with a winning record, and Pleasanton hovered around...[More]
2021 All Linn County softball team - Jun. 23, 2021
The 2021 softball season was certainly exciting for all three county schools, and some had better success than others. Prairie View continues to have a very successful softball program. This season the team reached the State Tournament and won the Pioneer League. Jayhawk-Linn had a very similar situation...[More]
Local teacher becomes published novelist - Jun. 23, 2021
A Prairie View Middle School teacher became a published novelist when his Christian-based crime thriller became available for purchase in March of this year. Author Larry Pope was raised just outside of Osawatomie, where he graduated from high school in 1991. He attended Pittsburg State University and...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 23, 2021
Critical race theory – what is it? Any American that listens to nationalized media will soon have an earful of critical race theory and learn how many school boards are gobbling it up like people at a movie theater gobble up popcorn. Thankfully, there are states out there that are telling...[More]
Sheriff warns commissioners: Archive social media accounts - Jun. 23, 2021
Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend took a moment to talk with the Linn County Commissioners on Monday about the importance of archiving social media accounts for public entities. Friend noted that in his case documents must be kept for five to seven years and noted a special concern about social media...[More]
McCoy enters guilty plea to amended charge - Jun. 23, 2021
Culminating a two-year long criminal case, Samantha L. McCoy appeared in Bates County Circuit Court in Butler, Mo., on Tuesday, June 22, and entered a plea of guilty to an amended charge of voluntary manslaughter. The original charge filed against McCoy at the time of her arrest on May 1, 2019, was...[More]
