Pleasanton City Council - Monday, Oct0ber 17, 2022 - Oct. 19, 2022
The council opened the meeting with a five-minute executive session for non-elected personnel pertaining to employee performance. After no action, Mayor Mike Frisbie presented a Distinguished Service Award to Police Chief Tristan Snyder due to a police chase he was in that went into Miami County. The...[More]
Parker City Council - Thursday, October 13, 2022 - Oct. 19, 2022
In addition to autumn physical housekeeping items and drafting of updated city codes, both reports located elsewhere in this edition. Parker city leaders will invite county law enforcement or information technology (IT) representative to next month’s 7 p.m. Nov. 10 meeting. The invitation for...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Oct. 19, 2022
It’ll take years to recover; if ever. After a recent visit from Evergy officials to a Linn County Republican Central Committee meeting last month, a statement was made by their communications liaison that Every had to negotiate green issues in order to cement Panasonic coming to DeSoto,...[More]
Helping care for our youth - Oct. 19, 2022
Centerville church group donates Care Bags to LCSO Recently, a group of ladies from the Centerville Community Church donated a large number of, what Sheriff Kevin Friend calls “Care Bags,” to the Linn County Sheriffs’ Department for deputies and SROs to distribute where they...[More]
Vacation rental to open soon in Mound City - Oct. 19, 2022
Local residents in Mound City may have noticed the construction going on at 509 Main Street. Or perhaps you’ve seen the new sign made of metal with a cutout in the shape of a howling coyote and wondered what is going on with the building. Bill Fields purchased the building at 509 Main in...[More]
Prairie View football overcomes slow start to rout Iola - Oct. 19, 2022
The Prairie View football team needed this win over Iola to solidify themselves in the playoffs and also to get the bad taste of two consecutive losses out of their mouths. The team did just that and after a slow start the Buffalos were able to roll Iola 32-13. It was Homecoming night and the Buffalos...[More]
Jayhawk and Pleasanton volleyball have big weeks to help their seeds in the sub-state bracket - Oct. 19, 2022
The Jayhawk and Pleasanton volleyball teams are both part of the 2A Erie sub-state bracket. Last week the Hawks were the three seed and Pleasanton was the four seed. This week the bracket remains close, especially among the top four seeds, as Jayhawk moved to the second seed with a 18-17 record while...[More]
Rex Lee Friend ~ 08-11-1957 to 10-17-2022 - Oct. 18, 2022
Linn County News Published October, 19, 2022 Rex Lee Friend, age 65 years, 2 months and 6 days, of rural La Cygne, Kan., passed away at Olathe Medical Center on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Rex was born the son of Troy Leonard and Betty Pearl (Reed) Friend on Aug. 11, 1957, at Colorado Springs, Colo. Rex...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 - Oct. 12, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners met on Tuesday, Oct. 11, for a meeting that was set over from Monday, Oct. 10, due to the holiday. They began with approval of the minutes of the last meeting and then approved the cancellation of next week’s meeting, on Oct. 17, due to the KAC Conference. County...[More]
La Cygne city council - Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 - Oct. 12, 2022
In addition to a split vote repealing the charter ordinance that set up the Park Board 35 years ago, a report located elsewhere in this issue, La Cygne city leaders acted on other items in unanimous votes at its regular council meeting last Wednesday, Oct. 5. One action grants permission and waives...[More]
