BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 22, 2022
Manufactured food shortage? Little is heard on national news about all the many food processing plants that have been destroyed since January 2021; plants that process pork, chicken, butter, soybean and biodiesel, beef and so much more have been affected. Walking through a grocery store aisle the other...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, June 20, 2022 - Jun. 22, 2022
The commissioners opened their regular meeting and paid bills in the amount of $839,302.20. They next approved a resolution that allowed beer sales on Sunday outside of city limits. Res. 2022-22 was approved 3-0. If someone wishes to change the resolution in the future, they would have to do...[More]
Pleasanton City Council - Monday, June 20, 2022 - Jun. 22, 2022
The council heard from Public Works Director Joey Morrisey Monday night first as he had to leave for family reasons. He told Councilwoman Rochelle Schreckhise that he’d researched a suggested patching material and found 36 buckets of material that was mainly for solid based roads would...[More]
SPECIAL: Inferno destroys chiropractic clinic - Jun. 21, 2022
EDITORS NOTE: The cause of the collapse of Firefighter Josh Haynes is unknown at this time. We plan to update this story as news is available Firefighter injured in blaze Shock was on the faces of Carpenter Chiropractic & Fitness Center owners Chase and Tara Carpenter after fire...[More]
James Lee Baker 02-17-1964 to 06-20-2022 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 James Lee Baker, age 58, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home, Monday, June 20, 2022. James was born Feb. 17, 1964, the son of William Baker and Joan Burgess in Kansas City, Mo. James married his longtime girlfriend, Kelci Irby on March 13, 2022. He...[More]
Charles A. Johnson, Jr. - 07-27-1942 to 09-19-2021 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 Charles A. Johnson, Jr., age 79, of Prescott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. A “Celebration of Life” was held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, 2022; delayed due to Covid in the United States. The celebration took place on the family farm...[More]
Eva Marie Conley LaMar Frazee - 05-16-1927 to 06-13-2022 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 Eva Marie Conley LaMar Frazee passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022. She was born May 16, 1927, in Bacca County, Colo., the daughter of Arthur Leonard and Ruth Elizabeth (Hensley) Conley. She attended the Mesa View Grade School in Colorado. At the age of eight, she...[More]
June M. Shepherd - 06-11-1939 to 06-14-2022 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 June Marie Shepherd, 83, of Mound City, Kan., was born, June 11, 1939, in Pleasant Hill, Mo., the daughter of Roy Frank and Edna Lucille (Kavanaugh) Springer. She departed this life, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at her home surrounded with love and family. June...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, June 13, 2022 - Jun. 15, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners met for their regular weekly meeting and paid bills in the amount of $814,162.69. They approved payment no. 21 for River City Construction in the amount of $404,828.51. Sheriff Kevin Friend’s report showed a total of 29 prisoners in-house with nine farmed out. River City...[More]
Sheriff’s budget and others approved at Commissioners - Jun. 15, 2022
Several 2023 budgets were tentatively approved; including the Linn County Sheriff’s budget that came in at $3,386,019 – up by $72,019 due to the climbing cost of fuel. Sheriff Kevin Friend said his farmed out inmate housing cost decreased by $45,000, but the line item still held at $55,000...[More]
