2020 All Linn County football team - Dec. 2, 2020
The 2020 high school football season is over and once again it is time for the All Linn County football team. All three teams competed and played hard this season but some had more success than others. Prairie View was once again a very good football team as they finished the year with an 8-2...[More]
Linn County’s top high school cross country runners - Dec. 2, 2020
The 2020 high school cross country season is over and all three local high schools, Jayhawk-Linn, Pleasanton and Prairie View, competed hard all season. There were a few runners that stood out though and this article will take a closer look at some of those runners. Gavin Rhodes - Jayhawk-Linn Rhodes...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 2, 2020
Good for the goose, good for the gander? I’ve had comments from some of my friends that they know where I stand when it comes to COVID, masks and the like. Actually, I have several levels of thought on the virus. First off, it is real, it is to be taken seriously, and I’ve had friends die...[More]
USD 344 returns students to class - Dec. 2, 2020
The USD 344 Board of Education met for a special meeting on Monday, Nov. 30, to discuss the order set forth on Nov. 9 that placed all junior high and high school students on remote learning as a precaution beginning Monday, Nov. 16. Prior to the meeting, Superintendent Travis Laver conducted a survey...[More]
Commissioners allow sheriff to order new dispatch system - Dec. 2, 2020
On Monday, Nov. 30, Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend asked commissioners for permission to order a voice-over IP dispatch console system that will provide a major upgrade to the Linn County Sheriff’s Communication Division. “The last several months I’ve been exploring new systems,...[More]
Linn Valley council contemplates proposed sewer project - Dec. 2, 2020
A special meeting of the Linn Valley City Council concerning the city’s upcoming sewer improvements project was held via webinar on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. The online meeting was opened by Mayor Cindy Smith at 7 p.m. with all council members present, as well as City Attorney James Brun, Director...[More]
Rubie Mae Blackman Scott 02-06-1929 to 11-29-2020 - Dec. 1, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Rubie Mae Blackman Scott, age 91, Mound City, Kan., passed away Nov. 29, 2020. She was born Feb. 6, 1929, to Zenas Andrew and Sylvia Estilla Bruce Blackman in Pleasanton, Kan. She attended all 12 years of school in the Pleasanton schools, graduating in 1947....[More]
Phyllis Lorraine Halverson Green 03-22-1943 to 11-25-2020 - Dec. 1, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Phyllis Lorraine Halverson Green, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. She was born on March 22, 1943, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Howard and Iva Kiser Halverson. She was united in marriage to Robert Green on Feb. 7, 1968,...[More]
Charles Edward Jones 08-09-1946 to 11-21-2020 - Dec. 1, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Charles Edward Jones, 74, passed away Nov. 21, 2020. Visitation was Friday, Nov. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe, Kan. Private funeral service will be held. Burial will be in the Olathe Memorial Cemetery. Please visit www.penwellgabelkc.com...[More]
Marjorie Ellen Dingus 11-14-1929 to 11-27-2020 - Dec. 1, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 2, 2020 Marjorie Ellen Dingus, age 91, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. She was born in Fontana, Kan., on Nov. 14, 1929, the daughter of Lawson and Ethel Vanderpeet Palmer. She was united in marriage to Marvin Dingus on Nov. 15, 1956. He preceded...[More]
