Resolution approved, Law Enforcement and Judicial Center bidding begins - Jun. 26, 2019
Carrying a stack of previous Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center and Government Administration Center drawings for new District 2 Commissioner Danny McCullough, Goldberg Group Architects (GGA) president Larry Goldberg said he’d blocked out time to bring McCullough...[More]
Paula Felix McClintock 03-10-1958 to 06-20-2019 - Jun. 24, 2019
Paula Felix McClintock 03-10-1958 to 06-20-2019 Paula Felix McClintock, age 61, Kansas City, Kan., passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Funeral service was scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, June 28, 2019, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton, Kan., with burial in the...[More]
Francis Dean Pratt 07-01-1929 to 06-19-2019 - Jun. 20, 2019
Francis Dean Pratt 07-01-1929 to 06-19-2019 Linn County News Published June 26, 2019 Francis Dean Pratt, age 89, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at his daughter's home in Seneca, Mo. He was born in Wanette, Okla., the son of William David and Jennie Belle...[More]
Summer ball teams prepare for tournaments - Jun. 19, 2019
The summer baseball and softball leagues in Linn County are in full swing and soon the end of the season tournaments will begin. This article will tell when these tournaments are, where they are at, and who could compete in them, although some teams that could compete...[More]
2019 All County baseball team - Jun. 19, 2019
The high school baseball season is over and once again it is time to look at the best in Linn County baseball with the 2019 All County baseball team. This year was tough to choose because a lot of players had great years for either Prairie View, Jayhawk or Pleasanton, but as...[More]
Children’s Coalition makes donations to county libraries - Jun. 19, 2019
The Linn County Children’s Coalition recently purchased two outdoor game sets for each of the libraries in Linn County. Each of the six libraries in Linn County will receive a Ladder Toss game set, also known as Ladder Golf, and a combination set that will set up as a bean...[More]
Elias Duo to perform - Jun. 19, 2019
Elias Duo to perform concert July 3 The Elias Duo will perform at First Christian Church in Pleasanton at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 3. The husband and wife duo formed by Carlos Elias, violin, and Andrea Arese-Elias, piano, has performed extensively throughout the United States, Argentina, El Salvador,...[More]
Bully Pulpit - 20 years will fly - Jun. 19, 2019
Twenty years when you are a child sound like an eternity; 20 years at my age are like the blink of an eye – it’ll be here in no time. And so it goes with the possible end date of Kansas City Power & Light’s La Cygne Station. We’ve been hearing rumors for the last...[More]
Maxwell attorney withdraws despite objections from County Attorney - Jun. 19, 2019
Following four separate continuances of arraignment hearings for Shawn Maxwell since Jan. 1, for various reasons, the defendant and his attorney, Richard Fisher, appeared in Linn County District Court on Monday, June 3, and requested yet another continuance, noting the filing of a request to...[More]
Calculations show county saved $9.4 million in interest - Jun. 19, 2019
Joey McLiney, president of McLiney & Co., informed the County Commissioners that they actually saved $9,446,234.54 in interest on the Linn County Law Enforcement Center project financing not using USDA or the interim financing they would have required. The county’s...[More]
