Case filed alleging exploitation of minors, breach of privacy - Jun. 25, 2025
On June 20, following an extensive investigation by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, the Linn County Attorney’s Office filed a case in district court charging Erik Hellner, a Sugar Valley Lakes resident, with six separate felonies. The case originally stems from an investigation in Adams...[More]
La Cygne executes pool bond defeasance - Jun. 25, 2025
Public Building Commission, council vote to sign documents La Cygne city leaders have executed a defeasance (paying off) on swimming pool bonds that transfers the remaining $885,092.04 balance to an escrow holding as a final payment that includes transfer costs. The actions at last Wednesday’s...[More]
Wade recounts WWII experience in South West Pacific theatre - Jun. 25, 2025
Roy Wade sat at his son and daughter-in-law’s home with a stack of well-organized notes, maps and historic documents, notes that gave cliff notes of a life lived almost 82 years ago during WWII. Wade was drafted, like other men 18 years of age and older during the war, into the U.S. Navy. He was...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 25, 2025
Walk softly but carry a big stick There is not one of us, that actually lives on the top side of rocks, that hasn’t heard of the bombing of Iran and the ongoing conflict between that country and Israel. Today, or approximately 12 hours ago on Monday, there was a cease-fire brokered by President...[More]
Current fishing reports for Linn County - Jun. 25, 2025
Summer is in full swing here in Linn County and that means so is fishing. Let’s look at the current Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks fishing reports for multiple locations in the county. These reports are from June 17. La Cygne Lake Channel, blue and flathead catfish currently rated excellent....[More]
Richard “Dick” Smith ~ 04-18-1942 to 06-22-2025 - Jun. 24, 2025
Linn County News Published June 25, 2025 Richard "Dick" Smith, age 83, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away in Olathe, Kan., on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Graveside Service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 27, 2025, at the Pleasanton Cemetery. Contributions are suggested...[More]
Charles Edwin Sutterby ~ 06-20-1951 to 06-19-2025 - Jun. 23, 2025
Linn County News Published June 25. 2025 Charles Edwin Sutterby, age 73, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, June 19, 2025—just one day before his 74th birthday. Born on June 20, 1951, in Colony, Kan., Charles was the son of George Calvin and Rosa...[More]
CANCELED: Statewide Purple Alert issued for missing Yates Center woman - Jun. 18, 2025
UPDATE WOODSON COUNTY – The Yates Center Police Department reported to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) that Tammara Isaacs was located safely. The statewide Purple Alert is canceled. - - - - WOODSON COUNTY – The Yates Center Police Department requested the Kansas...[More]
Senator Marshall Op-Ed: - Jun. 18, 2025
Senator Marshall Op-Ed: Washington – On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) published the following op-ed in The Washington Times, marking the celebration of the 250th Birthday of the United States Army, and reflecting on how these celebrations...[More]
ACCIDENT REPORTS - May 22 to June 8, 2025 - Jun. 18, 2025
On 05-22-2025, Jonathan K. Blunt, Roeland Park, and Yoonhee N. Kang, Catoosa, Okla., were traveling northward in their respective vehicles on US 69 Highway near mile marker 104 when a side-swipe collision occurred between the two vehicles, causing minimal paint scuffing damage. Both vehicles stopped...[More]
