Commissioners meet with auditor in executive session - Dec. 3, 2025
During the Dec. 1 meeting, the commissioners held a 15-minute executive session with Linn County Clerk Chasity Ware, Linn County Counselor Jacklyn Paletta and the auditor, Rodney Burns. Following the 15-minute executive session, which was requested by Ware in connection with statute 75-4319(b)(4), Chairman...[More]
USD 362 board makes personnel decisions - Dec. 3, 2025
Members debate value of petty cash funds Prairie View Unified School District 362’s board of education acted on personnel and debated the existence of petty cash funds at their monthly meeting Nov. 18. After three executive sessions totaling 30 minutes for non-elected personnel, the board...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 3, 2025
Assimilation I’m one that is pro-immigration – but, it needs to be done the right way. I remember several years ago in a self-defense class listening to my instructor speaking of an attempt by foreign-actors to take down one of three important power centers in the grid connecting California...[More]
Rose Anna Templin ~ 01-18-1959 to 11-22-2025 - Dec. 2, 2025
Linn County News Published December 3, 2025 Rose Anna Templin, age 66, of La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at the Brooklyn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kan. A gathering to celebrate the life of Rose Anna...[More]
Randal Lloyd “Randy” Bresee ~ 12-22-1962 to 11-26-2025 - Dec. 2, 2025
Linn County News Published December 3, 2025 Randal Lloyd “Randy” Bresee, age 62, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. He was born on Dec. 22, 1962, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Carl and Ruth Doan Bresee. He served his country in the United States Army. He...[More]
Roberta May Staton ~ 04-23-1925 to 11-27-2025 - Dec. 2, 2025
Linn County News Published December 3, 2025 Roberta May Staton, age 100, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. She was born on April 23, 1925, in Hartford, Mich., the daughter of Orlie and Emma Roberts Brown. Roberta was united in marriage to Eugene Staton on Nov. 11, 1944....[More]
ACCIDENT REPORTS - Oct. 7 to Nov. 8, 2025 - Nov. 26, 2025
On 10-07-2025, George R. Naylor, Pleasanton, was traveling eastward on 1150 Road when, just west of Kansas Highway 7, he struck a deer in the roadway. (Case 251017) On 10-10-2025, Todd J. Fitzpatrick, Spring Hill, was traveling westward on Kansas Highway 152 just before Taylor Road when he struck a...[More]
USD 362 leader apprises board of taxing mistake - Nov. 26, 2025
Johnson says school district should not pay for correction Prairie View Unified School District 362’s board of education has been publicly apprised of a mill-levy error affecting already-mailed property tax statements in Miami County. At the Nov. 18 monthly meeting, Chris Johnson, Ph.D.,...[More]
Commissioners briefly discuss mill levy error for USD 362 - Nov. 26, 2025
During the meeting on Monday, Nov. 24, Deputy County Clerk Rose Mohler reported that somehow an incorrect amount had been put into the budget for the USD 362 mill levy and Miami County had already mailed out their tax statements. Mohler added she is not sure how that is going to proceed, but it did cause...[More]
A piece of Prescott’s history - Nov. 26, 2025
Elevator razed Last week the Burlington Northern- Santa Fe Railroad Co. (BNSF) took down the old grain elevator and storage bins at Prescott, taking with it a large piece of history that touched several families in the community. Originally, it was built by members of the Norbury family, then it was...[More]
