Audrey Ann Proffitt 11-12-1937 to 02-28-2019 - Mar. 5, 2019
Linn County News Published March 6, 2019 Audrey Ann Proffitt, age 81, a resident of Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. She was born Nov. 12, 1937, the daughter of Jesse Belmont Crane and Vera Davis Crane. From the age of 8, she...[More]
Chloe Lynn Rolf 02-17-2019 - Mar. 4, 2019
Linn County News Published March 6, 2019 Chloe Lynn Rolf, newborn, received her angel wings on Feb. 17, 2019. She was born the daughter of Joseph Allen Rolf and Joanna Renae Simmons. Survivors include her parents; sister Claire Simmons; paternal grandparents, Allen and Carolyn Rolf of Parker;...[More]
Dallas Fenster 10-25-1944 to 02- 28-2019 - Mar. 4, 2019
Linn County News Published March 6, 2019 Dallas Fenster was born in California on Oct. 25, 1944, and was adopted in January 1945 by Harry and Eleanor Fenster. He passed on Feb. 28, 2019. As a young child his family moved to Yuma, Colo., where Dallas was raised. He played on the 1960...[More]
Charles Elmer Beckman 03-16-1930 to 02-28-2019 - Mar. 4, 2019
Linn County News Published March 6, 2019 Charles Elmer Beckman, age 88, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, at the Olathe Hospice House. He was born in Beagle, Kan., on March 16, 1930, the son of Elmer and Ella Masoner Beckman. He attended schools in La Cygne and Paola,...[More]
Michael Lee Brady 05-20-1953 to 02-27-2019 - Mar. 4, 2019
Linn County News Published March 6, 2019 Michael Lee Brady, age 65 of Stockton, Mo., passed away at his home on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. He was born at Fort Scott, Kan., on May 20, 1953, the son of Bernard Francis and Freeda Belle Commons Brady. He was united in marriage to Ranay Vohs. To...[More]
La Cygne to seek part-time office assistant - Feb. 27, 2019
La Cygne’s governing body has opted to seek a part-time City Hall office assistant. At their regular meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 20, Mayor Robert Sullivan had sought to open advertising to hire a full-time deputy city clerk, a position covered in the current budget, saying, “I...[More]
La Cygne council seats new member - Feb. 27, 2019
Governing body rejects mayoral recommendation Jerome Moore is the new city councilman at La Cygne. A 4-0 vote last Wednesday, Feb. 20, seated Moore, who retired last summer as both La Cygne water treatment plant operator and part-time police officer. His selection followed an unorthodox path,...[More]
The beat goes on – Undersheriff Holt to retire; Johnson steps in - Feb. 27, 2019
Emotion showed on the face of Linn County Sheriff Paul Filla when he spoke of Undersheriff Roger Holt, his friend and co-worker for seven years, and Holt’s pending retirement the end of March. “Roger and I started our partnership seven years ago,” said Filla....[More]
Potosi: the town and the township - Feb. 27, 2019
Some of the earliest history of Linn County occurred in Potosi Township, near the Missouri-Kansas border. It was there in the 1830s that deposits of lead were found in the banks of a creek, which would be named Mine Creek and would later play an important part in the Civil War history of Linn...[More]
Barrel racer Saige Pemberton going to Jr. American - Feb. 27, 2019
Thirteen-year-old eighth-grade Prairie View student Saige Pemberton showed them how it’s done. She placed in the top 10 barrel racers at one of 15 events held around the country, and she’s going to Fort Worth, Texas, to compete against 150 other top 10 winners for a chance to ride in the...[More]
