BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 4, 2024
4th Estate The press is often referred to as the ‘watchdog’ of society. Lately, given national issues and a media that is all on the same page; watchdog is hardly the word. It’s more like a lap dog. The Linn County News has taken heat over the last year over the solar issue. We, at...[More]
Cultivating Kindness initiative coming to USD 346 - Sep. 4, 2024
Not long ago, an idea was launched in the Jayhawk Linn USD 346 community that may change the scope of the year to come for the students in the district. As the school year was starting out, an idea was born that would bring a new initiative to the district, one that recognizes kindness in students and...[More]
Osawatomie cancels varsity football for 2024 - Sep. 4, 2024
Osawatomie High School will not field a varsity football team for the 2024 season. According to the Osawatomie High School Facebook page, the school cancelled the varsity season due to the lack of upperclassmen competing. The school had the choice of choosing between cancelling the varsity or JV season...[More]
George Theodore “Ted” Pouche ~ 03-04-1958 to 09-02-2024 - Sep. 3, 2024
Linn County News Published September 4, 2024 George Theodore “Ted” Pouche, age 66, of Prescott, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. A graveside memorial service will be held 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at the Farlington Cemetery. Memorial contributions...[More]
Mark Arthur Davis ~ 05-26-1972 to 08-31-2024 - Sep. 3, 2024
Linn County News Published September 11, 2024 Mark Arthur Davis, age 52, Parker, Kan., died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at the Lighthouse Presbyterian Church, Paola, Kansas. Memorial contributions are suggested to...[More]
Sharon Lea Bedgood ~ 10-14-1941 to 08-26-2024 - Sep. 3, 2024
Linn County News Published September 4, 2024 Sharon Lea Bedgood of Mound City, Kan., passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Sharon was preceded in death by the love of her life, husband Jerry L. Bedgood, Sr. in 2020, Also preceding her in death were her father, mother,...[More]
La Cygne council rejects new stop signs - Aug. 28, 2024
Police chief finds less expensive school signal lights La Cygne’s municipal governing board has turned down a suggestion to place new stop signs along North 4th Street. The motion to empower a single new four-way stop at the intersection of 4th and Lincoln was defeated on a 3-2 vote,...[More]
Commissioner questions KORA process - Aug. 28, 2024
At the end of the Aug. 26 meeting Commissioner Jim Johnson asked County Clerk David Lamb who was involved in gathering the information put out in the KORA request, noting some of it was private information and should not have been put out. Lamb noted that he, IT Director Chris Martin and the Sheriff’s...[More]
USD 362 reschedules budget hearings - Aug. 28, 2024
Board finds discrepancies between published budget, KSDE guide Prairie View Unified School District 362 has rescheduled its annual required budget hearings for Sept. 17. At their originally scheduled hearing(s) Aug. 20, the board of education and central administration found that correct budget...[More]
County to temporarily close portion of CR-1077 for repairs - Aug. 28, 2024
During the weekly meeting of the commissioners on Monday, Aug. 26, Linn County Public Works Administrator Shaun West reported that the repair project on CR-1077 and 900 Road where the culvert collapsed had begun; however, there is an issue with how they are trying to work the repair. West noted that...[More]
