Suspect arrested in pharmacy robbery - Jun. 29, 2022
Makes first appearance in court Following the robbery of the Silver Creek Pharmacy in La Cygne on Wednesday, June 22, law enforcement officers from across the county worked together to track down the suspect. Robert Woody III was arrested in Pleasanton later that day. Woody is charged...[More]
Pleasanton postmaster retiring - Jun. 29, 2022
Pleasanton Postmaster Mark Willard will be officially retiring on Thursday, June 30, at the close of business. Willard began his career with the United States Postal Service in May 1995 as a carrier and clerk at the Girard, Kan. post office. From there he moved to Walnut, Kan. where he took his first...[More]
Pleasanton senior to represent Kansas at national electric cooperative meeting - Jun. 29, 2022
Landry George, a rising high school senior from Pleasanton, will travel to Nashville next March to represent Kansas as one of only 35 students nationwide selected to participate in the Youth Leadership Council (YLC), a program of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). George...[More]
Holler presented with award for leatherworking - Jun. 29, 2022
In the sixth grade, at the age of 12, Cole Holler took a class on leather working and found something he loved. Now 16, Cole was recently named the winner of the Ann Stohlman Youth Award in leatherworking at the Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show in Sheridan, Wyo. “My grandpa is friends with Randy...[More]
Michelle Haupt named head softball coach at Prairie View - Jun. 29, 2022
Prairie View High School has announced Michelle Haupt as the head coach of the softball program, pending Board of Education approval. Coach Haupt has served as the assistant softball coach at Prairie View since 2019, head coach at West Franklin High School for two seasons and is currently a 4th-grade...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 29, 2022
Fly high 9203 The worst nightmare of a parent is to lose a child. The worst nightmare of a child is to lose a dad or mom. The worst nightmare for a sibling is to lose a brother or sister – yet that is what happened when Josh Haynes died after fighting a fire that started because of an electrical...[More]
KSHSAA announces new weight classes for the 2022-23 wrestling season - Jun. 29, 2022
KSHSAA implemented new NFHS wrestling weight classes during their June executive board meeting. The decision to implement new weight classes was due partly because some of the border States such as Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa implemented weight class changes as well. Also the changes...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, June 27, 2022 - Jun. 29, 2022
The commissioners opened their regular weekly meeting and rescheduled next Monday’s meeting to Tuesday due to the Independence Day national holiday. They approved paying bills in the amount of $197,859.99. Sheriff Kevin Friend sent his prisoner count that showed 20 total prisoners...[More]
SPECIAL: CERT class postponed - Jun. 28, 2022
The CERT training scheduled to begin June 30, 2022 is being postponed out of respect for our fallen Fire Fighter Josh Haynes and our instructors from Linn County Rural Fire and AMR. The new schedule for CERT class is yet to be determined. ...[More]
Ruth E. Robinson - 01-17-1922 to 06-25-2022 - Jun. 28, 2022
Linn County News Published June 29, 2022 Ruth E. Robinson, 100, of Ottawa, formerly of Blue Mound, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 25, 2022. Ruth was born on Jan. 17, 1922, to Oscar and Lula (Wray) Dodson at Blanchard, Ok. When she was very young her family moved to Weatherford, Ok. where...[More]
