La Cygne budget approval includes transfers - Sep. 1, 2021
La Cygne city leaders approved their 2022 city budget at a special meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 25, but not before allowing internal spending-authority transfers. With no patrons in attendance, the council on 3-0 votes – with Jerome Mitzner and Keith Stoker not present – first approved Resolution...[More]
Joe Charley Allison Jr. 08-24-1939 to 08-29-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Joe Charley Allison Jr., age 82 of Prescott, Kan., passed away, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Joe was born Aug. 24, 1939, the son of Joe Charley and Nora (Bailey) Allison Sr., at Hughes, Ark. He was a longtime member of the Teamsters Union, doing construction and truck...[More]
Mary Kretchmar 08-11-1946 to 08-26-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Mary Kretchmar went home to Heaven on Aug. 26, 2021. Mary, or Mary Jane if you’re from Linn County or knew her from her younger days, was born in a little farmhouse in Mound City, Kan., on Aug. 11, 1946. She was raised there alongside her big brother,...[More]
Ann Louise Ferguson 03-18-1933 to 08-25-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ann Louise Ferguson, 88, of Girard, Kan., died on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Girard Medical Center. She was born on March 18, 1933, in Holton, Kan., the daughter of Cyril and Velma Nolin. She grew up in Blue Mound, Kan., and graduated from Blue Mound...[More]
Luedith Mae Lewis 02-06-1945 to 08-25-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Luedith Mae Lewis, age 76, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to service...[More]
Ralph Dugan Cowan 03-18-1936 to 08-23-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ralph Dugan Cowan died Aug. 23, 2021. Ralph was born March 18, 1936, in Kansas City, Kan. He graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1954. That is where he met the love of his life, Deverl Simpson. Ralph married Dee on March 9, 1957. Their marriage lasted 61...[More]
Ronald Brinson Burton Sr. 09-15-1942 to 08-28-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ronald Brinson Burton Sr., age 78, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. He was born on Sept. 15, 1942, in Vanceboro, N.C., the son of Willy Thomas and Lilla Mae Hendrix Burton. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps....[More]
Ida Eldene Pinkerton 01-27-1934 to 08-24-2021 - Aug. 26, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ida Eldene Pinkerton, age 87, Fulton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. She was born in Fulton on Jan. 27, 1934, the daughter of Charles Earl and Eleanor Marie Smith Pinkerton. She graduated from Prescott High School. Eldene...[More]
Jack Harvey Ferguson 1928-2021 - Aug. 26, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Jack Harvey Ferguson, age 93, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. He was born in Centerville, Kan., the son of Charlie Harvey and Ruth Arlene Scott Ferguson. He graduated from Blue Mound High School. Jack was...[More]
SPECIAL: Couples who need marriage licenses in September should apply for them now - Aug. 25, 2021
TOPEKA—Kansas courts are telling couples who need a marriage license in September to apply for them now.The usual advice courts give to couples is to allow two weeks from the time the application is filed for the license to be delivered. But a database courts use to...[More]
