Jayhawk golf has record of continued success - Jun. 9, 2021
In Linn County high school sports there are several teams that stand out. The track and wrestling teams usually send multiple people to State. Both Prairie View softball and Jayhawk softball have been very good the past few seasons, and the football teams have had some good years, but the best of these...[More]
Local trap teams conclude season, prepare for State Shoot in Sedgwick - Jun. 9, 2021
The Kansas State High School Clay Target League trapshooting regular season has concluded, and now teams across the state are preparing for the State Shoot in Sedgwick on June 19-20. Both Pleasanton and Prairie View had trapshooting teams this season. Prairie View was in its first season...[More]
Thunder on the Street coming to Pleasanton - Jun. 9, 2021
On Saturday, June 12, Pleasanton will be the site of Thunder on the Street, a bike rally and event hosted by Soldiers for Jesus Motorcycle Club Kansas Chapter, a donation-funded ministry that is a registered 501c(3) nonprofit organization. The club began in California, according to Pancho who...[More]
Charge of murder in the first filed from shots fired call - Jun. 9, 2021
On the evening of May 30 Linn County sheriff’s deputies and first responders were called to 20290 E. 600 Road of rural Pleasanton for shots fired where they found a victim of a gunshot wound to the head. During the course of that incident, the victim Edward W. Theel Sr. was transported for treatment...[More]
Executive session held for Justice Center change order request - Jun. 9, 2021
Following the report in last week’s Linn County News of the Linn County Commissioners’ objection to paying a $196,129.03 addition from a change order by Goldberg Group Architects, County Counselor and Construction Consultant Gary Thompson commented that they needed numbers on contingency...[More]
Linn County looking for Comprehensive Plan input - Jun. 9, 2021
Moving Linn County Forward 2042 Search, Visualize, Create Launch of Public Survey – We Need Your Responses Public Survey link: https://moving-linn-county-forward-2042-lncoks.hub.arcgis.com/ Beginning June 7, the Public Survey for the Comprehensive Plan update above link is open to complete....[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 9, 2021
Customer service COVID was a wake-up call on so many levels – working, not working, keeping employees working, surviving the economic shutdown – you name it and businesses and their employees were forced to go through it. Lately, though, it’s been interesting going through the opening...[More]
Tammy Jean Fleming 08-16-1966 to 06-06-2021 - Jun. 8, 2021
Linn County News Published June 9, 2021 Tammy Jean Fleming, 54, of Pleasanton, Kan., died on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at St. Joseph Medical Center after a long illness. Tammy was born Aug. 16, 1966, in Pinckneyville, Ill., to Gerald and Clara Mae (Thomas) Shrum. She graduated from Pleasanton High...[More]
Eloise Evonne Frisbie Robbins 11-24-1930 to 10-27-2020 - Jun. 8, 2021
Linn County News Published June 9, 2021 Eloise Evonne Frisbie Robbins, formerly of Belton, Mo., passed away peacefully Oct. 27, 2020, in Freeman, Mo., at the home she shared with her daughter Jessie and son-in-law Terry Carter. Eloise Robbins was a month shy of her 90th birthday, Nov....[More]
Billy Wayne Heyer 07-27-1979 to 06-01-2021 - Jun. 7, 2021
Linn County News Published June 9, 2021 Billy Wayne Heyer, age 41 of Mapleton, Kan., passed away at his home on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Billy was born the son of Orville Wayne Heyer and Beverly Jean Parr on July 27, 1979, in Warrensburg, Mo. Billy enjoyed ranch rodeos,...[More]
