USD 362 board elects Pope to vacant position - Nov. 15, 2017
Russell Pope, Fontana, is the newest Unified School District 362 board of education member.On a 6-0 vote Monday night, the Prairie View district board elected Pope from among four candidates for the open District 1 seat, vacated in July when Gary Spears moved out of district.During a 45-minute special...[More]
Linn Valley Fire Dept. under investigation for misuse of public funds - Nov. 15, 2017
The Linn Valley City Council meeting was opened by Mayor Jeanne Dwyer on Monday, Nov. 13, with all council members present with the exception of Jason Jenkins, who was out of town on business but participated via conference call.The meeting began with the surprise resignation of council member Claire...[More]
Citizen encourages commissioners to proceed with jail construction - Nov. 15, 2017
Speaking during the public comment section of Monday’s County Commissioners’ meeting, La Cygne residents Dave and Pat Berglund attended with Dave speaking to voice their vote of encouragement to the commissioners in looking at the jail situation.“Citizens were abused 10 years ago when...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Facebook – the land of cowards - Nov. 15, 2017
I watched a news program the other day featuring a co-developer of Facebook who is now working his own medical business. His main comment was that when Facebook was developed they wanted it to be as infringing on people’s time as possible.Well, they were successful. Www.businessinsider.com reported,...[More]
Gladys Juanita Demott Millsap 10-30-1919 to 10-11-2017 - Nov. 14, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 15, 2017Gladys J. Demott Millsap, age 97, died peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at Celestial Gardens in Anaheim, Calif. Gladys was born on Oct. 30, 1919, in rural Blue Mound township and was the second of five children born to Joseph Daniel Demott and Ruth May Sawyer...[More]
Patricia E. Garrison 08-22-1942 to 11-11-2017 - Nov. 14, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 15, 2017Patricia E. Garrison, age 75, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at Presbyterian Village in Fort Scott. She was born on Aug. 22, 1942, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Keating Sheehy. She graduated from Hume High School....[More]
Darlene Amer 10-12-1942 to 11-13-2017 - Nov. 14, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 15, 2017Darlene Amer, 75, of Mound City, Kan., passed away Nov. 13, 2017, at Serenity Rehabilitation and Nursing in Butler, Mo. Rose Darlene Amer was born Oct. 12, 1942, in East Oakland, Calif., to George and Rosella Kaufman Christopher. Shortly after her birth, the family...[More]
Buffs gain postseason experience in regional grid loss - Nov. 8, 2017
Prairie View got taken to school Friday night. Not in the traditional colloquial sense that one might facetiously conclude from the 48-6 losing final score. Rather, the Class 4-A, Division II regional contest at third-ranked Topeka Hayden presented up-close to the young Buffalos a glimpse of perennial...[More]
Seagrens trial set for late winter - Nov. 8, 2017
A consolidated jury trial for Virginia (Suzanne) and Christian Seagren has been set for Feb. 26-March 2. At Tuesday afternoon’s status conference hearing in Linn County District Court, Judge Terri L. Johnson, Kansas 6th Judicial District, also set a Jan. 16 filing deadline for all...[More]
Pleasanton Dinner Theatre presents ‘Happily Forever After’ - Nov. 8, 2017
The Pleasanton Dinner Theatre will present their fall melodrama dinner theatre production on Friday and Saturday evenings, Nov. 10 and 11. The production will be presented in the high school gymnasium, with doors opening at 6 p.m., seating beginning at 6:30 p.m. and curtains set to open at 7 p.m. “It’s...[More]
