La Cygne votes to review RV codes - Feb. 8, 2023
Council responds after patrons voice proposal opposition La Cygne city leaders have agreed to review regulations on recreational vehicles (RVs) after a code proposal brought out RV owners in opposition last week. The unanimous council vote occurred at the regular meeting last Wednesday, Feb....[More]
PVHS students to assist on honor flight - Feb. 8, 2023
Stephanie Nichols, Prairie View High School counselor, recently announced that several PVHS students will be taking part in the schools’ first Honor Flight-Student Edition Hub trip. “That means that we are a local intergenerational service program, where high school students serve as Guardians...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 8, 2023
“Weather” balloon When memes showing a man sitting on his porch with a shotgun waiting for the “weather balloon” to drift over begin circulating, things have gone too far; I reference the now obliterated spy balloon that started at the Aleutian Chain in Alaska and eventually...[More]
BLUE MOUND CITY COUNCIL - Monday, February 6, 2022 - Feb. 8, 2023
Council members for the city of Blue Mound met on Monday, Feb. 6, for their regular monthly meeting. Due to the recent resignation of councilwoman Shelly Collette, remaining council members listened as two potential candidates explained why they would be a good fit on the council. Marri Krupco informed...[More]
LA CYGNE CITY COUNCIL - Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - Feb. 8, 2023
In addition to patron complaints about proposed additions to recreational vehicle code and leaders mulling a property division, two reports located elsewhere in this issue, another patron, Carol Holman, appeared before the council to lodge a complaint about her receiving of an untagged vehicle nuisance...[More]
Loyd Allen Brownback ~ 01-28-1946 to 02-03-2023 - Feb. 6, 2023
Linn County News Published February 8, 2023 Loyd Allen Brownback, age 77, Mound City, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born on Jan. 28, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Leo and Mable McRae Brownback. He graduated from Mound City...[More]
Gene Linder ~ 04-11-1931 to 01-17-2023 - Feb. 3, 2023
Linn County News Published February 8, 2022 Gene Linder passed away on Jan. 17, 2023. Born April 11, 1931, Gene lived life to the fullest for all his 91 years. Gene’s first legacy was that of husband to Virginia - devoted to each other for 70 years of marriage before her passing...[More]
KDA announces Specialty Crop Grant Opportunity - Feb. 2, 2023
MANHATTAN, Kansas — The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Funds for the program are awarded to the agency by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The grant funds are in turn...[More]
Sonita Arlone Martin ~ 09-02-1943 to 02-02-2023 - Feb. 2, 2023
Linn County News Published February 8, 2023 Sonita Arlone Martin, age 79, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at her home. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will...[More]
AG Kris Kobach joins coalition to uphold federal law against encouraging illegal immigration - Feb. 2, 2023
TOPEKA – (January 25, 2023) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and 24 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief today in support of a federal criminal prohibition on encouraging or inducing illegal immigration into the United States. In a brief filed with the...[More]
