Gary W. Keitel 08-05-1952 to 01-22-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Gary W. Keitel went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 22, 2021. Gary was born on Aug. 5, 1952 in Paola, Kan., to Herman and Madge Keitel. He went to school at Cadmus, Parker and Prairie View High School (PVHS), graduating with the PVHS class of 1970....[More]
Ruth Marian Curry 09-20-1924 to 01-30-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Ruth Marian Curry, 96, La Cygne, Kan., went to be with her heavenly father on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. She was born on Sept. 20, 1924, the daughter of Charles A. and Greeta Gove Lee in Springfield, Vt. Her family moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1929 where...[More]
Grace Pauline Dougherty 06-18-1942 to 01-31-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Grace Pauline Dougherty, 78, of Mound City, Kan., died on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, with her loving daughters by her side. Grace was born in Lamar, Colo., on June 18, 1942, the only child of Clifford and Geneva (Oyler) Batterton. The family moved to Kansas...[More]
Bradley Jonathan Metcalf 09-29-1959 to 01-30-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Bradley Jonathan Metcalf, Sr., age 61, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at the New Lancaster United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the New Lancaster Cemetery. Individual...[More]
Mary Jane Pemberton 10-16-1940 to 02-01-2021 - Feb. 2, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 3, 2021 Mary Jane Pemberton, age 80, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. She was born on Oct. 16, 1940, in Albany, Mo., the daughter of Henry James and Layla Viola Hazelbaker Pittsenbarger. She worked on the assembly line for General Motors before...[More]
SPECIAL: Department to begin Phase 2 of Kansas COVID-19 Vaccination Plan - Jan. 28, 2021
Governor Laura Kelly announced last week that Kansas counties can proceed to Phase 2 under the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. Linn County Health Department will begin vaccinating those eligible in phase 2, beginning with 65 years and older in upcoming vaccination clinics...[More]
Pleasanton boys’ basketball goes 1-2 at Mid-Season tournament - Jan. 27, 2021
The Pleasanton boys basketball team hosted their Mid-Season tournament between Jan. 19 to Jan. 22. The Jays went 1-2 in the tournament. There were six total teams in the tournament and the Jays started as a five seed and had their first game against the two seed Northeast Kansas on Jan. 19. The...[More]
Prairie View basketball competes at Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament - Jan. 27, 2021
The Prairie View basketball teams traveled to Uniontown between Jan. 19 to Jan. 22 to compete in the Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament. The tournament consisted of four teams and each team played each other once. The teams at the tournament were Uniontown, Prairie View, Altoona-Midway and Kansas City Christian. The...[More]
Jayhawk boys’ basketball goes 1-2 at Pleasanton Mid-Season tournament - Jan. 27, 2021
The Jayhawk boys’ basketball team competed in the Pleasanton Mid-Season tournament from Jan. 19 to Jan. 22. The boys were a four seed in the tournament and had their first game at Jayhawk on Jan. 19 against the three seed Osawatomie. The Hawks had faced the Trojans before and things did not go...[More]
Maxwell retires from ECKAAA; looks back on career - Jan. 27, 2021
Article prepared by Elizabeth Maxwell Soon after I started with ECKAAA in 1993, the state instituted the Senior Care Act which allowed us to more than double the amount of people who could receive in-home services. It opened the door for more communication with our county governments as it...[More]