BULLY PULPIT - Mar. 23, 2022
Spring Well, snowflakes fell last week as I made a trip to Topeka – I was hoping we’d seen the end the week before … whatever. Being from Colorado I remember some of our biggest snowstorms occurred in March and early April. We’d get a foot of wet snow that would disappear a...[More]
Darryl Leonard 07-27-1945 to 03-20-2022 - Mar. 22, 2022
Linn County News Published March 23, 2022 Darryl was born to Otis and Niona Leonard on July 27, 1945, at their rural home in Pleasanton. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in the class of 1963. Darryl served in the United States Army and served his country in the Vietnam War in the...[More]
Bonnie Lenore Ralle 11-16-1943 to 03-21-2022 - Mar. 22, 2022
Linn County News Published March 23, 2022 Bonnie Lenore Ralle, age 78, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, March 21, 2022. She was born in Kansas City, Kan., on Nov. 16, 1943, the daughter of Orville and Emily Larison Sampel. She graduated from Turner High School. She...[More]
Harold Edgar Goss 01-03-1923 to 03-19-2022 - Mar. 22, 2022
Linn County News Published March 23, 2022 Harold Edgar Goss, born Jan. 3, 1923, to Edgar Merritt Goss and Carrie (Tucker) Goss in Pleasanton, Kan., died, at the age of 99 on March 19, 2022, peacefully at his home in Leawood, Kan. Harold grew up in Pleasanton, a small rural town...[More]
Frederick “Fred†Joseph Laudan 07-28-1941 to 03-18-2022 - Mar. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published March 23, 2022 Fred Laudan, 80, of Butler, Mo., passed away Friday, March 18, 2022, at Medicalodges Butler. Cremation with a memorial visitation was held Monday, March 21, 2022, at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler. Memorial contributions may be made to Medicalodges...[More]
Donna Sue Cushing 03-17-1947 to 03-15-2022 - Mar. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published March 23, 2022 Donna Sue Cushing, age 74, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022. She was born on March 17, 1947, in Paola, Kan., the daughter of Fred and Edith Fort Harvey. She graduated from Parker High School. Donna worked at different...[More]
BREAKING NEWS - Mar. 18, 2022
LCSO makes stop, arrests two On March 17, 2022, a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe was stopped on US 69 Highway at the 83-mile marker. The vehicle was stopped for a minor traffic infraction. When the Deputy approached the vehicle the distinct odor of marijuana was noticed immediately. Subsequently, the...[More]
Linn County’s top 10 high school wrestlers - Mar. 16, 2022
The high school wrestling season in Kansas has concluded, and this year Linn County’s schools that compete in wrestling, Prairie View and Jayhawk-Linn, did very well. The State Tournament is one of the factors teams use to determine their success for a season. This year was very successful for...[More]
High school girls lead Linn County Twisters at State Championship - Mar. 16, 2022
The Linn County Twisters traveled to Topeka on March 11-13 to compete in the State Folkstyle Championship. The Twisters brought a total of 18 wrestlers to the tournament with girls and boys of multiple ages, but it was the high school girls who had the most success. The girls did well in the KSHSAA...[More]
Jayhawk Wrestling Club competes at State Championship - Mar. 16, 2022
The Jayhawk Wrestling Club traveled to Topeka on March 11-13 to compete in the 2022 State Folkstyle Championship. The Hawks sent five wrestlers to the tournament, and three of the five ended up placing. Easton White, 10U 76, placed fourth and scored 11 team points. White won his first two matches...[More]