Our Story Our Legacy: Prairie View freshmen experience book authorship, publication - Mar. 27, 2019
Our Story Our Legacy: Prairie View freshmen experience book authorship, publication Prairie View ninth-grade language arts students each received a new class-wide paperback book last week. Its author(s)? Themselves. Pam Dunlop’s students...[More]
Wind farm meeting Thursday in La Cygne - Mar. 27, 2019
A second meeting with keynote speaker and former Fox weatherman Mike Thompson is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in La Cygne at the La Cygne Elementary School gym. The first such meeting was held in Mound City earlier in the month with over 170 attending. This...[More]
Bully Pulpit - The sound of heads exploding - Mar. 27, 2019
There is an iconic sentence said by Robert Duvall in the movie “Apocalypse Now” stating how “he loves the smell of napalm in the morning. Well, that sentence, or a derivative of it, echoed in my head as I thought of the sound of exploding heads after the Robert Mueller report...[More]
McCullough appointed to District 2 Commissioner seat - Mar. 27, 2019
Leonard says goodbye Following official word that District 2 Commissioner Vicki Leonard was retiring, the Linn County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) convened at convention on Saturday, March 23, at the Courthouse Annex, Mound City, to appoint a new County Commissioner. Precinct...[More]
Amended Parker ordinance to address beer law change - Mar. 27, 2019
Parker’s city attorney will draft an amended city ordinance to address a Kansas change in retail beer sales. At its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, March 14, the City Council unanimously directed Richard M. Fisher Jr. to have the revision prepared for its 7 p.m. April 11 monthly...[More]
Commissioners place moratorium on wind energy applications in Linn County - Mar. 27, 2019
Following multiple Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission meetings, public meetings and more dealing with potential wind energy applications in Linn County, the County Commissioners called a halt to the process to allow themselves time to create a plan to handle potential wind farms in the...[More]
Duane Wisdom 09-28-1943 to 03-23-2019 - Mar. 26, 2019
Linn County News Published March 27, 2019 Duane Wisdom, 75 of Amoret, Mo., passed away March 23, 2019, at Adrian Manor in Adrian, Mo. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Mullinax Funeral Home (660-679-0009), Butler, Mo. A visitation will be held prior to the service...[More]
Kenneth Foster Hightower 05-31-1947 to 03-22-2019 - Mar. 26, 2019
Linn County News Published March 27, 2019 Kenneth Foster Hightower passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019, at the Hospice House in Olathe. Kenny was born on May 31, 1947, the youngest son of William Foster and May Stainbrook Hightower. He lived his entire life in the La Cygne/Cadmus area. Kenny...[More]
Bryan Lee Callahan 09-05-1957 to 03-18-2019 - Mar. 26, 2019
Linn County News Published March 27, 2019 Bryan Lee Callahan of Lake Dallas, Texas, went home to the Lord on Monday, March 18, 2019. He was born to Lee and Mary Callahan in Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 5, 1957. He grew up with five sisters: Judy, Darla, Vanny, Vicky and Marsha. He...[More]
Roger Carl Obermeier 11-18-1940 to 03-24-2019 - Mar. 26, 2019
Linn County News Published March 27, 2019 Roger Carl Obermeier, age 78, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019, at his home. He was born at home in Linn County, Kan., where Linn Valley is now, on Nov. 18, 1940, the son of Fred and Jessie Cook Obermeier. He graduated from...[More]
