Paul A. Helmuth 11-22-1962 to 10-20-2021 - Oct. 26, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 27, 2021 Paul A. Helmuth, 58, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, while playing his favorite sport – hockey. Paul was a software developer for Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies in Kansas City. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Melissa Wurtz; mother Alice Helmuth; brothers...[More]
Thomas (Tom) Eugene Thompson 02-12-1927 to 10-18-2021 - Oct. 26, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 27, 2021 Thomas (Tom) Eugene Thompson passed away on Oct. 18, 2021, at the age of 94, in his daughter’s home in Overland Park, Kan. He was a tough man who had fought and beaten cancer several times throughout his life, but this latest bout would prove to be his...[More]
William Clark “Gable†McKay 07-26-1939 to 10-19-2021 - Oct. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 27, 2021 William Clark “Gable” McKay of Harrisonville Mo., formerly of Plattsburg, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. He was born on July 26, 1939, and was raised by John and Nola Williams at Mound City, Kan. He was a graduate of Mound...[More]
Sammy Lee Meyer 04-09-1954 to 10-19-2021 - Oct. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 27, 2021 Sammy Lee Meyer, affectionately known as “Snuffy,” age 67, Mound City, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. He was born on April 9, 1954, in Paola, Kan., the son of Richard Arnold and Marie June Lockhart Meyer. He was a graduate of Louisburg...[More]
Brenneman found competent to stand trial - Oct. 21, 2021
Bond revoked, remanded to custody Daniel Brenneman appeared in Linn County District Court in front of Senior Judge Gunnar Sundby on Monday, Oct. 18, to contest the results of a competency evaluation for Case LN-2020-CR-218, and for a hearing on the revocation of his bond due to his not moving from his...[More]
Pleasanton volleyball finishes season - Oct. 20, 2021
The Pleasanton volleyball team finished their regular season this past week with games on Oct. 12, Oct. 14 and Oct. 16. On Oct. 12 the Lady Jays faced league foes Chetopa and Marmaton Valley at Chetopa. Pleasanton defeated Chetopa in two sets, 25-22 and 25-22, but lost to Marmaton Valley, 14-25 and...[More]
Buffalo gutsy effort falls short at Frontenac - Oct. 20, 2021
This Prairie View football season has been marked by injury attrition to projected starters among its 19 rostered seniors. Kyle Waterman has missed the entire season with a summer-scrimmage leg injury, and Micah Eastwood’s campaign is now finished because of a collarbone. Colby Garretson, out...[More]
Jayhawk football defeats West Franklin on Homecoming - Oct. 20, 2021
The Jayhawk football team hosted district opponent West Franklin on Oct. 15 for their Homecoming. It ended up being a good Homecoming because after a tight first half the Hawks opened things up in the second half and won 32-13. Neither team scored in the first quarter. West Franklin was the first...[More]
Fire safety education in our schools - Oct. 20, 2021
Firefighters from Linn County Rural Fire Station 920 in Pleasanton presented a fire safety program last Thursday, Oct. 14, at Pleasanton Elementary. “We do this program to give the students a basis of what to do in a fire,” said Capt. Jeff Wisdom of Station 920. “Originally Fire Chief...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Oct. 20, 2021
Going home I don’t care how much a place changes; it’s always home. And that is how Colorado is for me. I was fortunate to be able to take a few days last weekend and go back, Denver one day and Estes Park the rest. Denver – a big, dirty city – but my friend I travel with and...[More]
