CUP for rock quarry comes before commissioners - Apr. 3, 2024
Action tabled until next week The Linn County Planning and Zoning Administrator Darin Wilson presented an application for a conditional use permit, CUP24-01, for Mulberry Limestone, a proposed rock quarry to be located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and 2200 Road. Wilson reported to...[More]
USD 362 mulls principal addition - Apr. 3, 2024
Vote could occur at April 16 meeting Prairie View Unified School District 362 board of education members are expected to act on whether to add a secondary-level assistant principal when they meet for their 7 p.m. April 16 monthly meeting. Chris Johnson, Ph.D., district superintendent, opened...[More]
Pay increase causes discussion at Pleasanton meeting - Apr. 3, 2024
What started out as trying to compensate a good employee for work well done became a discussion of creating precedence and lack of employee evaluations and a policy for merit raises. The Pleasanton City Council met Monday night and moved through several items of discussion after which Councilwoman Angela...[More]
Pleasanton baseball starts season 4-0 - Apr. 3, 2024
The Pleasanton baseball team started their 2024 season this past week with two home double-headers. The Jays got off to a great start this season as they defeated Southeast Cherokee in two games on March 25, 11-1 and 11-4, and Marmaton Valley in two games on March 28, 12-6 and 9-4. The first game against...[More]
Jayhawk softball sweeps Central Heights, splits against Uniontown - Apr. 3, 2024
The Jayhawk softball team went 3-1 this past week against Central Heights and Uniontown. Jayhawk traveled to Central Heights on March 25 and won both those games 11-2 and 8-5. They then hosted Uniontown on March 28 and lost their first game 3-10 but won the second 6-5. In the first game against Central...[More]
Prairie View baseball falls to Santa Fe Trail - Apr. 3, 2024
The Prairie View baseball team hosted Santa Fe Trail on March 27 in a Pioneer League double-header. The Buffalos have had a good start this season but the Chargers were too much as Santa Fe Trail won both games 15-3 and 11-2. The first game ended in five innings as the Chargers had a 6-0 lead after...[More]
Mound City couple builds HVAC and party bus services - Apr. 3, 2024
When Jeff Cornelius graduated from high school he went to work in the HVAC industry. “A friend had a delivery service delivering to a guy with a heating and cooling business and that’s how I got into it,” Jeff explained. In 1993 Jeff opened his own business with the support of his...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Apr. 3, 2024
Paper ballots Gee whiz, guys – 9,000 ballots were found in a Chicago primary election; weird huh? Not. It say that after the 2020 election where ballots in key battleground states mysteriously appeared allowing Dementia Joe to be sworn into our country’s most important office – that...[More]
Frederick John “Fritz” Johanning, Jr. ~ 08-10-1948 to 03-26-2024 - Mar. 28, 2024
Linn County News Published April 3, 2024 Frederick John "Fritz" Johanning, Jr., age 75, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will...[More]
