Heartland REC breaks ground on cooperative solar farm - Dec. 16, 2020
Submitted by Ron Graber Heartland REC Director Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative is leading the way and joining with 11 other Kansas rural electric cooperatives to invest in 20 Megawatts of solar power to be built across the state, and power 80,000 homes across rural Kansas. Heartland’s...[More]
Impaired Driving Awareness Program coming to Linn County - Dec. 16, 2020
Submitted by Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend The Linn County Sheriff’s Office Impaired Driving Awareness Program (IDAP) will be coming to Linn County by the spring of 2021. This program will be administered by the Linn County Sheriff’s School Resource Division. The program...[More]
Commissioners approve roof bid for fire stations - Dec. 16, 2020
Lowest bidder disqualified On Monday, Dec. 14, the commissioners approved the lowest qualified bid for the replacement of the roof and insulation on four of the county fire stations. Linn County Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Doug Barlet presented the bids during the Dec. 7...[More]
Nina Lou Thompson Worthington 08-30-1949 to 12-13-2020 - Dec. 15, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Nina Lou Thompson Worthington, age 71, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. She was born on August 30, 1949, the daughter of Fred L. and Ethel Illah Pool Thompson. Nina was baptized at the Moran United Methodist Church as a teenager....[More]
Gary Michael Smethers 06-05-1945 to 12-11-2020 - Dec. 15, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Gary Michael Smethers, 75, of Selma, died Dec. 11, 2020, at his home after a brief illness. He was born on June 5, 1945, to his parents, Ivan and Thelma Lou (Cochran) Smethers. Smethers is perhaps best known to farmers in Anderson and adjoining counties as...[More]
Donna Kay Thomas 09-21-1966 to 12-13-2020 - Dec. 14, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Donna Kay Thomas was born on Sept. 21, 1966, to Warner John Schroeder and Amanda Novella Jackson Schroeder in Lexington, Mo. She was the fourth of six children. Donna attended nursing school and business classes at White River Technical...[More]
Brett Michael Johnson 07-10-1995 to 12-12-2020 - Dec. 14, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Brett Michael Johnson, age 25, Prescott, Kansas died as the result of a motor vehicle accident Saturday, December 12, 2020. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at the Mound City First Baptist Church followed with...[More]
Andrew James Collette 12-01-1988 to 12-13-2020 - Dec. 14, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Andrew James Collette, age 32, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at the Blue Mound Federated Church. The service will be live-streamed on the Blue Mound Federated...[More]
Billie Suzanne Wilson 03-09-1938 to 12-07-2020 - Dec. 11, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Billie Suzanne Wilson, age 82, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. She was born on March 9, 1938, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Roy and Esther Hutson Wilson. She is survived by her son, Richard...[More]
Pete Mincks 01-01-1966 to 12-07-2020 - Dec. 11, 2020
Linn County News Published Dec. 16, 2020 Pete Mincks, age 54, Fort Scott, Kan. formerly of Pleasanton, passed Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial in Glenwild...[More]
