Pleasanton USD 344 - Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 - Aug. 10, 2022
Members of the Pleasanton USD-344 school board met on Monday, August 8, for their regular monthly meeting. Christine Teagarden of Truly Insurance provided a brief presentation to the board concerning insurance for the district. The insurance company is called EMC Insurance, and provides coverage...[More]
USD 346 School Board - Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 - Aug. 10, 2022
(From board notes.) The USD 346 School Board met on Monday, Aug. 8, with the first order of business being the approval of the consent agenda which included: - Approved the agenda - Approved minutes of previous meeting(s) - Approved paying bills and payroll - Approved Staff Handbooks Mark Proffitt,...[More]
Pleasanton City Council Special Meeting - August 8, 2022 - Aug. 10, 2022
Meeting minutes from city of Pleasanton The Pleasanton Special Council meeting was held at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Members present included Mayor Mike Frisbie, council members Rochelle Schreckhise, Joseph Whitaker, and Melanie Staton. Also present were Public Works Director Joey Morrisey...[More]
Prescott City Council - Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 - Aug. 10, 2022
The Prescott city council meeting for Monday, August 8th opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. City Attorney Burton Harding was unable to attend. Mayor Kevin Wood stated they would conduct the budget meeting first. He said it looked like the city is going into the hole by about $4,000 every year...[More]
Linn Valley City Council - Monday, August 8, 2022 - Aug. 10, 2022
The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8, with Mayor Cindy Smith presiding and all council members present, except for Council Member Brenda Watkins-Muncy. Based on the lone sealed bid received, the council voted to approve the sale of a condemned...[More]
La Cygne City Council - Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 - Aug. 10, 2022
The council approved Ordinances Nos. 1502 and 1503, standard actions that adopt respectively the state's revised Uniform Public Offense Code and its Standard Traffic ordinances. Like all council votes last week that were unanimous, the council awarded sole bidder Double Eagle Excavating the contract...[More]
County real estate taxes still under state value - Aug. 9, 2022
After sending the Linn County Commissioners an email explaining county real estate compliance with state values, the commissioners visited with Linn County Appraiser Kathy Bridges Monday. After initial conversation on the 2021 final ratio study concerning commercial and residential real estate, Bridges...[More]
La Cygne grants CUP for indoor tow storage - Aug. 9, 2022
La Cygne councilmen have unanimously approved a conditional use permit (CUP) for an indoor tow storage business. At the regular council meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 3, Miami Tow & Recovery LLC, Paola, was granted the CUP to store up to six vehicles at a time at 205 E. Market St., a location identified...[More]
Merle A. Beckman ~ 10-05-1935 to 08-03-2022 - Aug. 9, 2022
Linn County News Published Aug. 10, 2022 Merle A. Beckman, age 86, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. He was born in rural La Cygne, Kan., on Oct. 5, 1935, the son of Charles and Neeva (Neal) Beckman. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1954. He began...[More]
Mary Jo Spencer ~ 11-13-1938 to 08-06-2022 - Aug. 9, 2022
Linn County News Published Aug. 10, 2022 Mary Jo Spencer, age 83, of Mound City, Kan., passed away on Aug. 6, 2022, at Louisburg Healthcare, Louisburg, Kan. She was born Nov. 13, 1938, in Terrell, Texas, to James Downing and Claudie Flower. Mary Jo moved to Lubbock, Texas, at the age of 5 years old...[More]