MCHP seeks quilts for Fall Festival and Quilt Show - Sep. 3, 2025
The Mound City Historical Society, caretakers of the Mound City Historical Park, will hold their second annual Fall Festival and Quilt Show on Oct. 11-12. Entries for the Quilt Show are now being taken. Quilt Show organizer Maribeth Kehl says they are once again looking for approximately 100 entries...[More]
Groundhog Hunter - Sep. 3, 2025
A would-be big game hunter… reduced to hunting groundhogs Myrtle Kelly was a widow lady, a good friend of my grandparents, who owned the Big Piney River bottom fields next to the Sweet Potato Eddy. I have written about her before, how I would ride my bicycle down to her place as a boy and we...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 3, 2025
Cloud seeding… What could possibly go wrong? I read a report Monday that all children that were missing in the Camp Mystic flood have been found; a blessing for parents, but how devastating on the other hand. An AI overview reported, “Texas floods that began on July 4th, 2025, have killed...[More]
Too many guns is not our biggest problem - Sep. 3, 2025
The liberal media and Democrats reacted in their usual kneejerk way to this week’s shootings at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. They didn’t pin the blame on the monster who took the lives of two school children and wounded 17 others, including 14 kids, as they attended a Mass on the first...[More]
Family-owned farms account for 95% of U.S. farms - Sep. 3, 2025
WASHINGTON - 2025 – Family farms comprise 95 percent of all U.S. farms, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The farm typology report primarily focuses on the...[More]
SPECIAL: Drainpipe replacement on K-31 in Linn County - Sep. 2, 2025
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will install a drainpipe under K-31 in Linn County on Monday, Sept. 8. The project is designed to improve drainage and prevent highway deterioration. The road will be closed south of Blue Mound between County Road 1077 and Colpetzer Road. The hope is to...[More]
George Teagarden ~ 01-30-1943 to 09-01-2025 - Sep. 2, 2025
Linn County News Published September 3, 2025 George Teagarden, age 82, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, at the La Cygne United Church. Masonic service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, at the Schneider...[More]
Linn County News website gets new update - Aug. 27, 2025
Recently you may have seen our notification on our website or our Facebook page that we were undergoing some changes on our website at www.linncountynews.net. We here at the News are happy to announce those changes are nearly complete. Changes to the website include an easier to navigate front page...[More]
Commissioners vote 1-1 on motion to not exceed revenue neutral - Aug. 27, 2025
County now required to cut budget to meet the RNR rate BY $837,000 The Linn County commissioners, with Commissioner Jason Hightower absent, began the revenue neutral hearing on Monday, Aug. 25, by welcoming those in the audience and stating the purpose and objective of the hearing, which was...[More]
Linn Valley looks at option for fire truck purchase, new vehicles - Aug. 27, 2025
The Linn Valley City Council held a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, with Mayor Lew Donelson presiding and all council members present except for John Weers. City Attorney James Brun was also present. The meeting began with a presentation by city’s financial advisor Joey McLiney...[More]
