Winter and Wildlife - Jan. 18, 2023
During very cold and vicious winter weather, wild creatures need much more food than they need during the mild stretches that we love to see. The acorns that were as thick as I have seen them in a long time, become scarce in February and March, so we are coming upon the lean time of the year, the bottleneck...[More]
LINN COUNTY ACCIDENT REPORTS - Jan. 18, 2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
On 11-27-22, Caleb Magee, Olathe, was westbound on K-52 east just east of Yancy Road when a deer entered the roadway and struck his vehicle. (Case 221109) On 12-08-22, Alejandro Javier Sonora, Redfield, Kan., was traveling north on Paine Road and lost control of vehicle stopping on the west side in...[More]
ARREST REPORTS - Jan. 18, 2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
On 01-09-2023 Thomas Long, Jr. was arrested in connection with a bench warrant in case 2000072305 (IN202300016) 01-09-2023 Lacy Michael was arrested in connection with possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant; operate vehicle without registration or with expired tag; improper driving...[More]
Betty M. Harris ~ 07-22-1928 to 11-16-2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
Linn County News Published January 18, 2023 Betty M. Harris, age 94, Prescott, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial in the Prescott Cemetery. Visitation will...[More]
Richard Dean Johnson ~ 05-14-1958 to 12-15-2022 - Jan. 18, 2023
Linn County News Published January 18, 2023 Richard (Rick) Dean Johnson of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. He was born May 14, 1958, in Topeka, Kan. He is survived by a daughter Jamie Pappas of the New England area, his mother Carolyn Mitchell-Johnson of Kansas City, Mo.,...[More]
Richard D. Perkins ~ 11-01-1934 to 01-12-2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
Linn County News Published January 18, 2023 Richard D. Perkins, age 88, Iola, Kan., formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. He was born in Pleasanton, Kan., on Nov. 1, 1934, the son of Edward and Guyla Brown Perkins. He graduated from La Cygne High School and later received...[More]
Fern Elizabeth (Dunlop) Knight ~ 08-15-1942 to 01-13-2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
Linn County News Published January 18, 2023 Fern Elizabeth (Dunlop) Knight, age 80, passed away Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Fern was born in Paola, Kan., on Aug. 15, 1942, to Walter William and Nellie May (Long) Dunlop. She graduated from Parker High School in 1960. Fern married the love of her life...[More]
USD 362 SCHOOL BOARD - Thursday, January 12, 2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
In addition to pre-school expansion exploration approval, a report located elsewhere in this edition, Unified School District 362 board of education members heard a report on pre-Christmas testing at their Jan. 9 monthly meeting. Beth Sandness, district student services director, reported on results...[More]
PARKER CITY COUNCIL - Thursday, January 12, 2023 - Jan. 18, 2023
In addition to patron’s calls for action, a report located elsewhere in this issue, Parker city leaders approved a seasonal snow plowing and salt treatment agreement with Higgins Services LLC, 219 E. Main St. The action was approved on a 3-0 vote, with Kandice Higgins abstaining and Jerry Summers...[More]
J6, FBI “orchestrated it,†Big Tech censored half of it, Committee sealed it. - Jan. 18, 2023
The FBI “Orchestrated it. A review of the Election Fraud Protest of January 6, 2021, in which hundreds were arrested and 34 are still held without trial two years later in what inmates call the DC Gulag, must start with Ray Epps an FBI agent. He texted his nephew, “I WAS IN THE...[More]
