Myrtle Maude Wood 12-19-1927 to 07-11-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Myrtle Maude Wood, 90, a longtime resident of Prescott, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. She was born Dec. 19, 1927 in Prescott, the daughter of Orville D. and Villa F. Davis Mayhugh. She married Daniel J. (D.J./Jim) Wood on Dec....[More]
Charles “Chuck†Warren Ringey 11-14-1948 to 07-14-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Charles “Chuck” Warren Ringey, age 69 of Parker, Kan., died Saturday, July 14, 2018, in his home after a 10-year battle with cancer. Chuck was born Nov. 14, 1948, in Paola, Kan. He was the second of three children born to Charles Wildar and...[More]
Hilma Dolores Ungeheuer 07-30-1921 to 07-13-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Hilma Dolores (Switzer) Ungeheuer passed away on July 13, 2018, at Fort Scott Medicalodge; she was 96. Hilma was born in rural Mound City on July 30, 1921, the oldest daughter of Harry and Ruby (Stites) Switzer. Hilma grew up with her sister Betty and...[More]
Local baseball, softball teams have busy, successful weekend - Jul. 11, 2018
BY ADAM HOLT LINN COUNTY NEWS sportslcn@ckt.net Multiple baseball and softball tournaments happened this past weekend on July 6-7 with teams from Parker, Mound City, Pleasanton and Blue Mound participating. The girls’ coach pitch tournament was held in Blue Mound with Blue Mound...[More]
Lindells involved in rollover accident - Jul. 11, 2018
Monday, June 25, Scott and Emily Lindell of rural Pleasanton were involved in a one-vehicle rollover accident near Rock Springs, Wyo. The couple was on their way home from visiting family in Salt Lake City, Utah, when for unknown reasons, their four-door truck rolled several times down a 40-foot embankment...[More]
Pulpit - Supreme Court nomination - Jul. 11, 2018
I remember a few years back when Barack Obama was elected president. I was concerned about so many things that he was bringing to the table, Obamacare, etc. What really had me concerned was the damage he could have done to our Supreme Court. I looked at the judges on the Supreme Court and hoped...[More]
Local man victim of carjacking in Overland Park following shooting - Jul. 11, 2018
On Tuesday morning, July 3, Jeff Wilson of Mound City headed to work in the Kansas City Metro Area as usual, never dreaming the day would unfold as it did. As Wilson was headed into the city, a dispute was occurring at a Blue Valley elementary school in which one of the workers on a playground project...[More]
Commissioners in agreement over Linn County Justice Center and Sheriff’s Office location, phase plan - Jul. 11, 2018
The County Commissioners were provided with dimension-accurate draft plans of what, after two community input meetings, was the direction that most fit the location, size and potentially a budget for the new Linn County Justice Center and Sheriff’s Office (LCJC&SO). The first location...[More]
Erin Patricia Kelley 5-15-1989 to 6-16-2018 - Jul. 10, 2018
Linn County News Published July 11, 2018 Erin Kelley, age 29, passed away June 16 in Tulsa, Okla. She is the youngest daughter of Gary and Suzanne Thompson of Mound City and of Michael Kelley of Gilmer, Texas. Born in Tulsa, Erin attended Broken Arrow High School and Phillips Community College. Our...[More]
Lillian Lois (Nye) Mosler 04-01-1915 to 07-05-2018 - Jul. 10, 2018
Linn County News Published July 11, 2018 Lillian Lois (Nye) Mosler, 103, of La Cygne, Kan., died Thursday, July 5, 2018, at University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Lillian was born April 1, 1915, at Coffeyville, Kan., in the home of her parents, David Pryor and Bertha M. (Shipka)...[More]
