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]
Wallace Reed Hook ~ 01-08-1933 to 06-13-2023 - Jun. 20, 2023
Linn County News Published June 21, 2023 Wallace Reed Hook, 90, of Linn Valley, Kan., passed away on June 13, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Fort Scott National Cemetery, 900 E. National Ave., Fort Scott, Kan., 66701. (Procession...[More]
UPDATE: Investigation of letters with suspicious white powder - Jun. 18, 2023
UPDATE: Investigation of letters with suspicious white powder ...[More]
UPDATE: Statewide Silver Alert issued for missing Garden City woman cancelled - Jun. 18, 2023
UPDATE: Statewide Silver Alert for missing Garden City woman canceled TOPEKA – The Garden City Police Department reported that 68-year-old Carolyn Koentopp was located safe today in Liberal, Kansas. She is being reunited with family. Thank you for your assistance during the silver alert....[More]
Donna Faye (Coffin) Sutherland ~ 09-16-1926 to 06-11-2023 - Jun. 15, 2023
Linn County News Published June 21, 2023 Donna Faye (Coffin) Sutherland, age 96, went to be with the Lord on June 11, 2023, in Leawood, Kan. Graveside funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 16, 2023, at the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends and family will gather 10 a.m. Friday at the...[More]
James Walter “Jim†Gabbert ~ 11-21-1929 to 06-14-2023 - Jun. 15, 2023
Linn County News Published June 21, 2023 James Walter "Jim" Gabbert, age 93, Prescott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2023. He was born in Grandview, Mo., on Nov. 21, 1929, the son of Chester and Lois Sherbahn Gabbert. Jim was united in marriage to Margaret Ellen...[More]
