Commissioners say no to nursing home in budget - Jul. 31, 2019
Appearing before the County Commissioners at their Monday meeting, Jessy Willard, owner of the former Prescott Country View Nursing Home building, hoped to add a budget for a future nursing home to the 2020 approved Linn County budget, but the commissioners told him again that they needed...[More]
Olive Tartenaar 12-11-1927 to 07-30-2019 - Jul. 30, 2019
Olive Tartenaar 12-11-1927 to 07-30-2019 Linn County News Published July 31, 2019 Olive Tartenaar, age 91, of Prescott, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at the Louisburg Health Care and Rehab. A gathering to celebrate Olive's life will be held 6 p.m. Friday,...[More]
Jacqueline Jo Johnson 08-05-1948 to 07-27-2019 - Jul. 29, 2019
Jacqueline Jo Johnson 08-05-1948 to 07-27-2019 Linn County News Published July 31, 2019 Jacqueline Jo "Jackie" Johnson, age 70, Burlington, Kan., formerly of Iola, Kan., passed Saturday, July 27, 2019, at the Coffey County Hospital. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug....[More]
Martha E. Heideman 12-16-1947 to 07-20-2019 - Jul. 26, 2019
Martha E. Heideman 12-16-1947 to 07-20-2019 Martha Ellen “Grammy” Heideman, age 71, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Saint Luke’s South Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. She was born on December 16, 1947, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She will be forever remembered...[More]
Local football teams hope to have success with similar schedules from last season - Jul. 24, 2019
The 2019 football schedules for the three county high schools are out, and each team hopes to have as much, if not more, success than they did last season with a very similar schedule. Pleasanton Football Aug. 29 - Scrimmage Sept. 6 - @Northeast Arma Sept....[More]
Simple Simon’s Pizza returns to La Cygne - Jul. 24, 2019
On April 29 a new eatery opened in La Cygne, offering an old favorite and giving a Linn County family a new opportunity in a franchise that was once operated in La Cygne but closed several years ago. “I began working for the Simple Simon’s in Paola in my senior year,”...[More]
La Cygne councilman petitions elected peers about sewer backup - Jul. 24, 2019
A La Cygne councilman has been asked to bring documentation of a sewer backup in his home earlier this month to the next regular council meeting. After a 30-minute presentation and discussion last Wednesday, July 17, consensus was for James Thies to provide photographs of the...[More]
Bully Pulpit - The Squad - Jul. 24, 2019
Death squad, hit squad, mod squad – whatever a person associates with a squad, probably depends on the age of the person – but now, the Squad has a brand new meaning and equates to the left of the left. The Squad is synonymous with a group of four women of color, newly elected members...[More]
Charge upgraded to murder in the first in Butler case - Jul. 24, 2019
Bates County prosecutor Hugh C. Jenkins has filed an amended charge of murder in the first degree against Samantha L. McCoy in Bates County Circuit Court in Butler, Mo., on Monday, July 22. The amended charge is upgraded from the original complaint filed on May 2, in which McCoy...[More]
County Attorney elaborates on budget increase - Jul. 24, 2019
Says contract attorney not county employee – no benefits After asking for a $50,000 increase in his 2020 budget, County Attorney James Brun returned to the County Commissioners at their Monday meeting to further explain the request. He began by telling them that...[More]
