Engineers present Evergy buried fiber prelim - Nov. 23, 2022
Market Street is a proposed path between La Cygne coal, Wolf Creek nuclear plants Representatives from a Kansas City engineering firm last week presented plans for an Evergy underground conduit-cased fiber optics cable preliminarily proposed to run through La Cygne. At the regular council meeting...[More]
Election canvass results in 51 more ballots counted - Nov. 23, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners recessed their Nov. 21 meeting and opened a meeting of the Board of Canvassers for the purpose of canvassing the Nov. 8 election. With Commissioner Rick James absent, the commissioners opted to appoint Darin Wilson as the third member of the Board of Canvassers. County...[More]
PBS Kansas honors local veteran at Veterans Coming Home Salute - Nov. 23, 2022
WICHITA — PBS Kansas Channel 8 honored four veterans and one business that serves veterans at its 8th Annual Veterans Coming Home Salute on Nov. 5, 2022 at the Wichita Marriott. This event honored Kansas veterans who demonstrated outstanding service to their country, fellow veterans and their communities. “This...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Nov. 23, 2022
Thanksgiving What a beautiful time of year! My favorite holiday of the year is Thanksgiving; there are no big gift issues, no huge decoration issues and it involves getting together with family to eat. Way beyond that, Thanksgiving is definitely a time to be thankful for what we have. Many times what...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 - Nov. 23, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners met on Monday, Nov. 21, with Commissioner Rick James absent from the meeting. The commissioners began with the approval of the minutes of the last meeting followed by approval of paying claims totaling $374,614.92. Commissioner Jim Johnson then read the Sheriff’s...[More]
La Cygne City Council - Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 - Nov. 23, 2022
In addition to hearing a proposal for an Evergy underground fiber optics cable to run through La Cygne, a report located elsewhere in this issue, the town’s city fathers approved an expenditure of up to $45,000 authorizing its police department to secure a new police vehicle. At its regular meeting...[More]
Linn County’s top high school cross country runners - Nov. 23, 2022
The 2022 cross country season has concluded and now it is time to recognize some of the top local runners in the sport this season. The Prairie View girls’ cross country team had multiple good runners on it and one great runner. The girls just missed making it to State as a team but their top...[More]
Off the beaten path: Fur harvesting and trapping - Nov. 23, 2022
It was one of those random emails you get because your interest lies in certain areas; well, the Kansas Trapping & Fur Harvester class entered my inbox and that was all it took. About a month ago the email came explaining that Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) would be doing...[More]
Thankfulness - Nov. 23, 2022
We can’t help but be thankful that it was such a mild fall, but I refuse to be happy about the cold that has whacked us in November. But then, I am happy to see a good number of ducks arriving from up north as of yet. I can’t see how anyone would not be happy about that!! On Thanksgiving...[More]
Christina A. Creighton Turner ~ 12-08-1937 to 11-19-2022 - Nov. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published November 23, 2022 Christina A. Creighton Turner, 84, passed away Nov. 19, 2022. She was born Dec. 8, 1937 in Centerville, Kan., to Eva Shafer and Roy Bowman. On Dec. 18, 1955, she married John Creighton; they had four children together before his death. On June 24, 1969,...[More]