Pleasanton basketball on the road against Crest and Chetopa - Feb. 8, 2023
The Pleasanton basketball teams were on the road this past week at Crest and Chetopa. The team traveled to Crest on Jan. 31 to take on the Lancers. The boys lost a high scoring close game, 63-67, while the girls held the Lady Lancers to only 15 points and won the game 29-15. Both the boys’...[More]
Linn Fair Board member inducted to Fair Hall of Fame - Feb. 8, 2023
Linn County Fair Board member John Teagarden. LaCygne, was inducted into the Kansas Fairs & Festivals Association Hall of Fame at the 98th annual convention of the association January 28 in Topeka. The association, composed of county fair groups across Kansas, annually recognizes up...[More]
Question on line items sparks heated discussion among commissioners - Feb. 8, 2023
A query from Commissioner Jim Johnson regarding two very different line items in the weekly claims presented at Monday morning’s meeting sparked what would become a heated discussion among the commissioners on everything from the line items to grants to the current hospital district in the northern...[More]
Operation Red File continues in Linn County - Feb. 8, 2023
In an effort to help first responders weed through health issues they may find when called to an emergency, Linn County Emergency Management Director Randy Hegwald and Deputy Linda Simons are working to get “red files” out to the public. Red files are available at the Emergency Management...[More]
La Cygne votes to review RV codes - Feb. 8, 2023
Council responds after patrons voice proposal opposition La Cygne city leaders have agreed to review regulations on recreational vehicles (RVs) after a code proposal brought out RV owners in opposition last week. The unanimous council vote occurred at the regular meeting last Wednesday, Feb....[More]
PVHS students to assist on honor flight - Feb. 8, 2023
Stephanie Nichols, Prairie View High School counselor, recently announced that several PVHS students will be taking part in the schools’ first Honor Flight-Student Edition Hub trip. “That means that we are a local intergenerational service program, where high school students serve as Guardians...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 8, 2023
“Weather” balloon When memes showing a man sitting on his porch with a shotgun waiting for the “weather balloon” to drift over begin circulating, things have gone too far; I reference the now obliterated spy balloon that started at the Aleutian Chain in Alaska and eventually...[More]
BLUE MOUND CITY COUNCIL - Monday, February 6, 2022 - Feb. 8, 2023
Council members for the city of Blue Mound met on Monday, Feb. 6, for their regular monthly meeting. Due to the recent resignation of councilwoman Shelly Collette, remaining council members listened as two potential candidates explained why they would be a good fit on the council. Marri Krupco informed...[More]
LA CYGNE CITY COUNCIL - Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - Feb. 8, 2023
In addition to patron complaints about proposed additions to recreational vehicle code and leaders mulling a property division, two reports located elsewhere in this issue, another patron, Carol Holman, appeared before the council to lodge a complaint about her receiving of an untagged vehicle nuisance...[More]
Loyd Allen Brownback ~ 01-28-1946 to 02-03-2023 - Feb. 6, 2023
Linn County News Published February 8, 2023 Loyd Allen Brownback, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born on Jan. 28, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Leo and Mable McRae Brownback. He graduated from Mound City...[More]
