BULLY PULPIT - Jan. 19, 2022
Quandary “We’re in a pickle, Dick” as said by Téa Leoni playing Jane to Dick, Jim Carrey, in “Fun with Dick and Jane.” Or, what’s Big Pharma going to do to try to continue getting people vaccinated against Covid when two pills have been produced that can be...[More]
Stainbrook’s store sold; Chad & Tara Allen new owners - Jan. 19, 2022
Approximately three years after he bought Stainbrook’s Auto, Home, Farm & Feed, La Cygne, Jeff Yowell sold the store to Chad and Tara Allen – again bringing store ownership under the wings of the Stainbrooks as Tara Allen is the daughter of Terry Stainbrook and Chad Allen the son of Bill...[More]
Truck service center, tow lot approved - Jan. 19, 2022
Two conditional use permits (CUPs) and one zoning exception were approved Tuesday, Jan. 11, by the Linn County Planning Commission including CUP CUP 21-07 requested by RB Towing & Recovery to build a towing and recovery lot, plus much more, located south of Fabcon in Pleasanton at 9215 Thomas Road. Ron...[More]
School superintendents meet with commissioners on SRO cost - Jan. 19, 2022
Following back and forth meetings with their own school boards and discussion amongst the Linn County Commissioners concerning a proposal by the county to charge $12,000 per school resource officer, school superintendents met with the commissioners Tuesday to clarify the issue. USD 362 Superintendent...[More]
Leota Irene Schneider 03-19-1938 to 01-16-2022 - Jan. 18, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 19, 2022 Leota Irene Schneider, age 83, Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel....[More]
Jeffrey Kirk Brown 08-02-1950 to 01-12-2022 - Jan. 18, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 19, 2022 Jeffrey Kirk Brown, age 71, Paola, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. He was born in Missouri on Aug. 2, 1950, the son of Donald L. and Katheryn L. Sampson Brown. He was a graduate of Ruskin High School. He served his country during...[More]
Debbie Kay Brown 02-03-1958 to 01-15-2022 - Jan. 18, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 19, 2022 Debbie Kay Brown, age 63, Paola, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. She was born in Butler, Mo., on Feb. 3, 1958, the daughter of Loy J. and Anna Lee Moore. She was united in marriage to Jeffrey Brown on Feb. 15, 1998. She...[More]
Dennis Jerome Higgins 06-06-1957 to 01-08-2022 - Jan. 17, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 19, 2022 Dennis Jerome Higgins, age 64, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. He was born on June 6, 1957, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Joseph "Joe" Brian and Carol Ann Galvin Higgins. He graduated from Burlington, Kan.,...[More]
Reta M. Milliken 04-04-1926 to 01-12-2022 - Jan. 14, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 19, 2022 Reta M. Milliken, 95, of Williamsburg, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at Parkview Heights, Garnett, Kan. Funeral services were scheduled at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Williamsburg United Methodist Church, Williamsburg....[More]
Christiansen: cover crops benefit the sub-soil - Jan. 12, 2022
Greg Christiansen will tell you that, when it comes to soil, where the action occurs year-round lies below the surface. "More goes on underneath the soil than above," he said. "It's unbelievable." By implementing winter cover crops on his 1,800-2,000 acres of cash crop land and measuring...[More]
