Parker appoints police chief - Sep. 3, 2025
More than six months after its police department was dissolved and over four months since its reinstatement, Parker now has a police chief. At a special meeting last Thursday night, upon Mayor Jason Webber’s recommendation, the council voted 4-0 with Kandice Higgins not present to appoint Chris...[More]
Pleasanton Chamber Business Expo Thursday, Sept. 4 - Sep. 3, 2025
Free hotdogs to attendees The Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a business expo Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Pleasanton Community Center. The public is welcome to come see the diverse businesses available to them from 4 – 7 p.m. The Chamber is providing free hotdogs and chips to anyone that...[More]
MCHP seeks quilts for Fall Festival and Quilt Show - Sep. 3, 2025
The Mound City Historical Society, caretakers of the Mound City Historical Park, will hold their second annual Fall Festival and Quilt Show on Oct. 11-12. Entries for the Quilt Show are now being taken. Quilt Show organizer Maribeth Kehl says they are once again looking for approximately 100 entries...[More]
Groundhog Hunter - Sep. 3, 2025
A would-be big game hunter… reduced to hunting groundhogs Myrtle Kelly was a widow lady, a good friend of my grandparents, who owned the Big Piney River bottom fields next to the Sweet Potato Eddy. I have written about her before, how I would ride my bicycle down to her place as a boy and we...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 3, 2025
Cloud seeding… What could possibly go wrong? I read a report Monday that all children that were missing in the Camp Mystic flood have been found; a blessing for parents, but how devastating on the other hand. An AI overview reported, “Texas floods that began on July 4th, 2025, have killed...[More]
Too many guns is not our biggest problem - Sep. 3, 2025
The liberal media and Democrats reacted in their usual kneejerk way to this week’s shootings at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. They didn’t pin the blame on the monster who took the lives of two school children and wounded 17 others, including 14 kids, as they attended a Mass on the first...[More]
Family-owned farms account for 95% of U.S. farms - Sep. 3, 2025
WASHINGTON - 2025 – Family farms comprise 95 percent of all U.S. farms, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The farm typology report primarily focuses on the...[More]
SPECIAL: Drainpipe replacement on K-31 in Linn County - Sep. 2, 2025
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will install a drainpipe under K-31 in Linn County on Monday, Sept. 8. The project is designed to improve drainage and prevent highway deterioration. The road will be closed south of Blue Mound between County Road 1077 and Colpetzer Road. The hope is to...[More]
George Teagarden ~ 01-30-1943 to 09-01-2025 - Sep. 2, 2025
Linn County News Published September 3, 2025 George Teagarden, age 82, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, at the La Cygne United Church. Masonic service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, at the Schneider...[More]
Linn County News website gets new update - Aug. 27, 2025
Recently you may have seen our notification on our website or our Facebook page that we were undergoing some changes on our website at www.linncountynews.net. We here at the News are happy to announce those changes are nearly complete. Changes to the website include an easier to navigate front page...[More]
