Tyson short in recount for State Treasurer - Aug. 24, 2022
Linn County News jackielcn@ckt.net As expected, Kansas State Senator Caryn Tyson carried Linn County in the Primary Election for State Treasurer garnering 1,902 votes over Kansas State Rep. Steven Johnson who received 424 votes. Tyson carried much of eastern Kansas while Johnson carried western...[More]
Pleasanton sets hearing on annexation - Aug. 24, 2022
Linn County News reporter@linncountynews.net Pleasanton city council voted to approve Resolution 428 on Monday, Aug. 15, setting a hearing on the annexation of a one and half mile section of 69 highway. The annexation would include the U.S. 69 highway corridor for three-quarters of a mile...[More]
La Cygne discusses service line issues - Aug. 24, 2022
LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM Mayor Debra Wilson read aloud the agenda item that Nowak Construction Co., Inc., Goddard, had sought the city’s recommendation when reconnection to an unsuitable service line occurs when the line goes under the city street right-of-way to a main...[More]
La Cygne leaders hear trailer park update - Aug. 24, 2022
LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM An update during its regular council meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 17, on cleanup of seven lots at a La Cygne mobile home park led to discussions about accepted contractors for such future projects. Posing a question of completion “immediacy,”...[More]
La Cygne City Council - Wednesday, August 17, 2022 - Aug. 24, 2022
In addition to halving an outstanding water bill and hearing a trailer-park cleanup update, two reports located elsewhere in this issue, La Cygne city leaders verbally agreed on answers to a sewer rehabilitation project contractor’s question at the council’s regular meeting last Wednesday,...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, August 22, 2022 - Aug. 24, 2022
The commissioners met for their weekly meeting and approved bills in the amount of $238,850.39. Sheriff Kevin Friend sent his report to them that stated there are 21 prisoners in-house with zero farmed out. Commissioner Rick James said that Friend has signed a contract with Wyandotte County accepting...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Aug. 24, 2022
Vacation time As of this writing, it’s been waaayyy to long since a vacation for this writer; like two years. That is two years of covid stress, government PPPs, and ongoing life stress – the way for a good burnout to occur. The way you can tell you need a vacation is based on several points. First,...[More]
Christopher Todd Stockton ~ 10-18-1961 to 08-20-2022 - Aug. 22, 2022
Linn County News Published Aug. 24, 2022 Christopher Todd Stockton, age 60, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. A gathering to celebrate Chris's Life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at the Tanglewood Shelter House, 37 Chickie Dr, La Cygne, KS 66040. Online...[More]
Rodeo horses killed on K-7 - Aug. 17, 2022
Two of three rodeo horses were killed or had to be put down following an accident early Saturday morning. Undersheriff Bobby Johnson said that rodeo performer Donald Culpepper, Poulan, Ga., had made a make-shift electric fence for his horses at the Linn County Fairgrounds. The horses broke out of the...[More]
Parker to seek county help at intersection - Aug. 17, 2022
The city of Parker will be contacting Linn County about concrete surfacing assistance at an intersection that receives heavy truck traffic. At last Thursday’s monthly council meeting, Mayor Cody Adams responded to a patron complaint that asphalt surfacing at the intersection of north-south County...[More]
