Becoming a Mom: Linn County Health Department to hold prenatal classes aimed at education, resources - Jan. 8, 2020
The Linn County Health Department, in collaboration with various partners, will be holding weekly prenatal classes utilizing the March of Dimes Becoming a Mom® curriculum supported by Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Beginning on Jan. 29 through March 4, classes will be...[More]
Sugar Valley Lakes author Frank Clay shares relevance of his new memoir during African American History Month - Jan. 8, 2020
“Evidence Unseen: Finding the Faith to Overcome” is a contemporary resource for understanding African American experience beginning in 1955, almost 65 years ago, when the author was born. Frank Clay will be sharing his story from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Mound City Library for African...[More]
City fathers address La Cygne water plant items - Jan. 8, 2020
La Cygne city leaders addressed several items pertaining to its water treatment plant last Thursday. Though many of the issues were anticipatory or informational, the council did unanimously act to extend the contract for Stewart Kasper, certified water operator, through June....[More]
Bully Pulpit - The death of Gen. Qasem Soleimani - Jan. 8, 2020
I found it very interesting how partisan the death of a man who was linked to over 600 dead Americans, and thousands of other people in the Middle East, became – Democrats on one side and Republicans on the other. Iran’s top commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. airstrike...[More]
Request to close Mound City alley for law enforcement building tabled - Jan. 8, 2020
During the Monday, Jan. 6, City Council meeting of Mound City a request from Gary Thompson was presented. The request is for the closing of the alley just north of the property allocated for the new Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center. The council briefly discussed...[More]
Child rape case filed in Linn County District Court - Jan. 8, 2020
Subject arrested now out on bond Charges were filed in Linn County District Court in Mound City on Dec. 17, charging Lonnie Shane Martin, age 31, Pleasanton, also known as Shane Martin, with two criminal counts. Those two charges, as filed in Linn County District Court...[More]
K-9 Cindy receives tearful end of service walk - Jan. 8, 2020
Dogs have a way of bonding themselves to an owner’s heart like cement, and it was no different for K-9 Police Service Dog Cindy and Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Tanner Ogden. Suffering from arthritis and being almost blind, Cindy was still a faithful companion...[More]
George L. Stites 04-12-1932 to 01-06-2020 - Jan. 6, 2020
George L. Stites 04-12-1932 to 01-06-2020 Linn County News Published Jan. 8, 2020 George L. Stites, age 87, Fontana, Kan., passed Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kan. Visitation...[More]
George Henry Kitchell 09-17-1928 to 01-02-2020 - Jan. 6, 2020
George Henry Kitchell 09-17-1928 to 01-02-2020 Linn County News Published Jan. 8, 2020 George Henry Kitchell, age 91, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. He was born on Sept. 17, 1928, in Sherman Township, Leavenworth County, Kan., the son of Henry and...[More]
William Burton Thompson 07-26-1948 to 01-02-2020 - Jan. 6, 2020
William Burton Thompson 07-26-1948 to 01-02-2020 Linn County News Published Jan. 8, 2020 William Burton Thompson, age 71, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away at his home on Jan. 2, 2020. William was born the son of Robert and Lillian Butcher Thompson on July 26, 1948, in Indianapolis,...[More]
