BULLY PULPIT - Aug. 17, 2022
Many firsts and lasts The 2022 Linn County Fair is now but a memory; except maybe the lingering pine shavings that holed up in my tennis shoes from the livestock auction. Those are still fresh in my memory and soon to enter my vacuum cleaner. Many firsts occurred this year; we’ll never see the...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, August 15, 2022 - Aug. 17, 2022
Commissioner Jim Johnson was unable to attend Monday’s meeting, so Commissioners Danny McCullough and Rick James approved bills in the amount of $424,958.60. Also approved was a pay request from River City Construction for $55,313.13; they are 99.65 percent complete with the Justice Center...[More]
Pleasanton City Council - Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 - Aug. 17, 2022
The Pleasanton City Council met on Aug. 15 with three members of the council present. The first order of business was a budget hearing and with no one to speak in regards to the budget, the council moved to approve it as published and the motion carried on a 3-0 vote. The council then closed the...[More]
Dean Brown ~ 10-07-1930 to 08-10-2022 - Aug. 16, 2022
Linn County News Published Aug. 17, 2022 Dean Brown, age 91, a resident of Fulton, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. He was born Oct. 7, 1930, in Uniontown, Kan., the son of Durward “Duke” Brown and Pearl Ballah Brown. Dean graduated...[More]
Arthur Carl Hetzke ~ 08-05-1931 to 08-10-2022 - Aug. 16, 2022
Linn County News Published Aug. 17, 2022 Arthur Carl Hetzke, age 91, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Aug., 10, 2022. He was born on Aug. 5, 1931, in Newton, Kan., the son of Arthur and Elizabeth (Breck) Hetzke. He served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Arthur...[More]
William John Adair, Sr. ~ 01-14-1948 to 08-09-2022 - Aug. 16, 2022
Linn County News Published Aug. 17, 2022 William John Adair, Sr., age 74, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service. Burial will...[More]
STARS technical academy ribbon cutting Friday - Aug. 10, 2022
What was a dream a year ago has come to fruition with a ribbon cutting and open house scheduled for Friday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. The Southeastern Technical Academy for Rural Students (STARS) is now a reality located in the former Cox Motor Company building at Laurel and 17th Streets in Pleasanton. A walk-through...[More]
Staff, advisors excited for opportunities STARS Academy offers students - Aug. 10, 2022
With the ribbon cutting and open house of the new STARS Technical Academy in Pleasanton slated for Friday, Aug. 12, the staff and instructors at the school opened up recently about their roles and what the program means to them. Phil Mitchell, who will be teaching Construction Trades and Heavy Equipment...[More]
Demo Derby starts off Linn County Fair and Rodeo week - Aug. 10, 2022
The Linn County Fair and Rodeo started this past week with the traditional demolition derby. There were two nights of demo derby action as team derby, modified and figure eight races took place on Aug. 5 while the compact, semi-modified and bone stock took place on the evening of Aug. 6. Before the...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Aug. 10, 2022
The trades Kudos to Linn County school districts that are seeing the national trend in lack of skilled trade labor and are doing something about it; like training students to succeed. Beyond shop class where kids get a brief introduction to welding, etc., my first memory of a project that could have...[More]
