Rieder to celebrate 103rd birthday - Jul. 25, 2018
John Rieder, co-founder of Shalom Ministries, located on County Road 1095 just north of Mound City, will celebrate his 103rd birthday on July 29, 2018. John was born in Rosedale, Kansas, in 1915, and his family soon moved to the area around 79th and Quivira where they operated a dairy farm. To...[More]
Huggins waives preliminary hearing - Jul. 25, 2018
Arraignment for both cases set for Aug. 28 Arraignment for both cases pertaining to David Allen Huggins, La Cygne, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Aug. 28 in Linn County District Court. At a July 17 setting consolidating cases 2018-CR-1 and 2018-CR-29, defense counsel Zach V. Thomas, Olathe,...[More]
Landowner requests ‘high fences’ be illegal in Linn County - Jul. 25, 2018
At their Monday regular meeting, the County Commissioners heard from local landowner Brock Bruner about how he was harassed by adjoining landowners, who wanted to purchase his property and threatened to build a “high fence” on the boundary line cutting off wild game paths. To see...[More]
Shooting in Blue Mound leads to tactical operation in Mound City - Jul. 25, 2018
Suspect arrested next day in KC Metro Area A shooting occurred in Blue Mound on Friday afternoon, July 20, in the vicinity of the 600 block of Walnut Avenue. A male victim called 911 early Friday afternoon and told the dispatcher he had been shot and needed medical assistance. To...[More]
Kelly James Brown 11-19-1982 to 07-18-2018 - Jul. 24, 2018
Linn County News Published July 25, 2018 Kelly James Brown, age 35, Linn Valley, Kan., died Wednesday, July 18, 2018. He was born in Atchison, Kan., on Nov. 19, 1982, the son of James and Shirley Schuneman Brown. He worked as a tire technician for Pumps. He was married to Amanda Fuller....[More]
Tommy Lee Gowing 08-10-1932 to 07-19-2018 - Jul. 24, 2018
Linn County News Published July 25, 2018 Tommy Lee Gowing of Parker, Kan., left this heavenly earth on Thursday, July 19, 2018, in Adrian, Mo. He was born on Aug. 10, 1932, in Kansas City, Mo., to William McKinley and Blessing Iris (Casto) Gowing. Tommy attended grade school in La Cygne,...[More]
Pleasanton/Jayhawk trapshooting team competes in National Championship - Jul. 18, 2018
The Pleasanton/Jayhawk trapshooting team traveled to Mason, Mich., on July 12-15 to compete in the 2018 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship. The team posted a 461 and a 457 for a total of 918 and 53rd place overall. The event hosted 175 teams and 1,237 competitors. “We...[More]
Pleasanton boys’ t-ball and Blue Mound softball lead the way in this past week’s tournaments - Jul. 18, 2018
Both local baseball and softball teams competed in tournaments this past week with teams being represented from Pleasanton, Blue Mound and Parker. The Pleasanton and Blue Mound T-ball teams competed in tournaments from July 9 to July 12. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]
County Attorney explains Adult Diversion program - Jul. 18, 2018
Introducing Diversion Coordinator Letitia Ferwalt, County Attorney James Brun told the County Commissioners Monday that the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) filed a lawsuit in the Kansas Supreme Court June 8 alleging counties were not in compliance with state statutes guiding the diversion program. Ferwalt...[More]
Pulpit - ICE in the spotlight - Jul. 18, 2018
It takes one idiot, i.e., a woman scaling the Statue of Liberty on July 4, to perform a personal protest that shut the monument down for several hours, keeping 3,000 tourists away from a vacation destination. Www.rollingstone.com reported, “Four days after almost a million immigration...[More]
