Shutout at Iola earns Buffs repeat of spotless league, district titles - Oct. 30, 2019
Workmanlike would be the adjective to describe Prairie View’s 41-0 win at Iola Friday. The Buffalos’ fourth shutout in eight games secured back-to-back unblemished Pioneer League and Class 3A, District 2 championships. Historically, this year’s squad becomes only the...[More]
Voting trends in Linn County - Oct. 30, 2019
With the Oct. 15 deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election just behind us and the election itself on Nov. 5 drawing near, let’s take a look at the voting trends in Linn County since the last major election in 2016. In the 2016 election we voted for the...[More]
Sheriff increasing Advanced Correctional Healthcare time in jail - Oct. 30, 2019
Letting the Linn County Commissioners at their meeting know that on Monday there were a total of 33 prisoners in the county jail, Sheriff Kevin Friend said of those he had 21 in-house. He also reported that they had two medical transports, one to Miami County Medical Center for...[More]
Bully Pulpit - Cutting off their nose - Oct. 30, 2019
It seems like I could start each column with “Really? Are you kidding me?” and be accurate each week. This week is no different as I heard a news report about music artists, as www.thehill.com reports, “More than 400 artists pledged to boycott Amazon events and partnerships...[More]
First Impressions of Pleasanton 6 p.m. Nov. 7 - Oct. 30, 2019
All communities have difficulties viewing their surrounding as others – customers, visitors, potential residents, and potential businesses – see them. Our views are skewed by over-familiarization, a lack of differing perspectives, expectations, and a reluctance to be completely...[More]
Candidates vie for positions in election Nov. 5 - Oct. 30, 2019
Two in Pleasanton ineligible and unable to withdraw; write-in campaigns started by others With Election Day coming up next Tuesday, Nov. 5, let’s look at the persons registered to run for positions across the county. In the Pleasanton city election they have two candidates...[More]
Dorothy Darelene Nelson 09-12-1927 to 10-28-2019 - Oct. 29, 2019
Dorothy Darelene Nelson 09-12-1927 to 10-28-2019 Linn County News Published Oct. 30, 2019 Dorothy Darelene (Keith) Nelson, 92, passed away Oct. 28, 2019, at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie, Kan. Dorothy was born Sept. 12, 1927, to Paul Weisner and Lottie May (Hutton)...[More]
Perry Lyle Cougill 1981 to 2019 - Oct. 29, 2019
Perry Lyle Cougill 1981 to 2019 Linn County News Published Oct. 30, 2019 Perry Lyle Cougill, age 37, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. He was preceded in death by both of his grandfathers, Lyle Dean Cougill and Perry Norman Cannon. He is survived...[More]
Thomas Franklin Cooke Jr. 10-28-1959 to 10-27-2019 - Oct. 29, 2019
Thomas Franklin Cooke Jr. 10-28-1959 to 10-27-2019 Linn County News Published Oct. 30, 2019 Thomas Franklin Cooke Jr., age 59, of Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 at the Grace Community Church in...[More]
Joanne Novick 10-19-1937 to 10-23-2019 - Oct. 24, 2019
Joanne Novick 10-19-1937 to 10-23-2019 Linn County News Published Oct. 30, 2019 Joanne Novick, 82, of Rogers, Ark., passed away Oct. 23, 2019, in Bentonville, Ark. Joanne was born Oct. 19, 1937, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of the late Gerald and Josephine Evans...[More]
