James Lee Baker 02-17-1964 to 06-20-2022 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 James Lee Baker, age 58, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home, Monday, June 20, 2022. James was born Feb. 17, 1964, the son of William Baker and Joan Burgess in Kansas City, Mo. James married his longtime girlfriend, Kelci Irby on March 13, 2022. He...[More]
Charles A. Johnson, Jr. - 07-27-1942 to 09-19-2021 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 Charles A. Johnson, Jr., age 79, of Prescott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. A “Celebration of Life” was held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, 2022; delayed due to Covid in the United States. The celebration took place on the family farm...[More]
Eva Marie Conley LaMar Frazee - 05-16-1927 to 06-13-2022 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 Eva Marie Conley LaMar Frazee passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022. She was born May 16, 1927, in Bacca County, Colo., the daughter of Arthur Leonard and Ruth Elizabeth (Hensley) Conley. She attended the Mesa View Grade School in Colorado. At the age of eight, she...[More]
June M. Shepherd - 06-11-1939 to 06-14-2022 - Jun. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published June 22, 2022 June Marie Shepherd, 83, of Mound City, Kan., was born, June 11, 1939, in Pleasant Hill, Mo., the daughter of Roy Frank and Edna Lucille (Kavanaugh) Springer. She departed this life, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at her home surrounded with love and family. June...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, June 13, 2022 - Jun. 15, 2022
The Linn County Commissioners met for their regular weekly meeting and paid bills in the amount of $814,162.69. They approved payment no. 21 for River City Construction in the amount of $404,828.51. Sheriff Kevin Friend’s report showed a total of 29 prisoners in-house with nine farmed out. River City...[More]
Sheriff’s budget and others approved at Commissioners - Jun. 15, 2022
Several 2023 budgets were tentatively approved; including the Linn County Sheriff’s budget that came in at $3,386,019 – up by $72,019 due to the climbing cost of fuel. Sheriff Kevin Friend said his farmed out inmate housing cost decreased by $45,000, but the line item still held at $55,000...[More]
Infrastructure funds top issue of county officials meeting - Jun. 15, 2022
With every city in Linn County represented by one or more officials, the Commissioner’s Annex was full last Tuesday evening, June 7 at the County Officials third quarterly meeting. Economic Development Director Jessica Hightower distributed a spreadsheet that showed how much money each of the...[More]
Parker patrons seek codes compliance - Jun. 15, 2022
With citations, city attorney can set court dates Parker citizens asking for codes enforcement aired their grievances publicly during Thursday’s monthly council meeting’s public comments agenda segment. Ryan Sobba, a former councilman, reported that five horses had shown up in a fenced...[More]
Team-cut flexibility among USD 362 actions - Jun. 15, 2022
New policy is included in Prairie View High 2022-23 student handbook Giving high school coaches the flexibility to cut team numbers was among the voting actions taken by the Unified School District 362 board of education at their monthly meeting Monday night. The new sports policy was included within...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 15, 2022
Olive’s Hope To say I am disgusted is an understatement. The outlandish, mean-spirited comments put on Facebook should make everyone shake their heads in shame. And this comment is in relation to the story that ran last week concerning the eviction of Always & Furever animal rescue. When...[More]
