Linn County Twisters have six place at State - Mar. 13, 2024
The Linn County Twisters traveled to Topeka on March 8-10 to compete in the USAWKS 2024 State Wrestling Championship. The Twisters had 16 wrestlers compete in the event with six bringing home State medals. Shawna Case, HS Girls 155, placed third and scored 21 team points. Case won her first three...[More]
Four wrestlers place at State for Jayhawk Wrestling Club - Mar. 13, 2024
The Jayhawk Wrestling Club traveled to Topeka from March 8-10 to compete in the USAWKS 2024 State Championship. The Hawks had four wrestlers place and receive medals. Margaret Earnest, 8U Girls 80, placed second and scored 23 team points. Earnest won her first two matches before losing in the semifinal....[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Mar. 13, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and us The year 2020 was eye-opening as to how intrusive social media was in our everyday lives. Facebook, Twitter at that time, YouTube, etc. were all joining in the process to keep the American public, and the world, blinded to what was really going on. The advent of...[More]
Doris Maxine Basore ~ 01-02-1920 to 03-10-2024 - Mar. 12, 2024
Linn County News Published March 13, 2024 Doris Maxine Basore, age 104, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, March 10, 2024. She was born in Bates County, Mo., on Jan. 2, 1920, the daughter of Ray and Verna Chapman Lacy. She graduated from Rich Hill High School in the Class of 1937. Doris...[More]
Janice (Good) Waltmire ~ 08-20-1937 to 03-09-2024 - Mar. 12, 2024
Linn County News Published March 13, 2024 Janice (Good) Waltmire, age 86, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, March 9, 2024. She was born the youngest of four children in Mound City, Kan., on Aug. 20, 1937, to the late Ralph and Hayden Good. Janice met her...[More]
Richard Lee Strader ~ 06-08-1974 to 02-24-24 - Mar. 12, 2024
Linn County News Published March 13, 2024 Richard Lee Strader, 49, passed away on Feb. 24, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Grave side services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at Eureka Cemetery....[More]
Robert William Harper, Jr. ~ 07-14-1947 to 02-24-2024 - Mar. 12, 2024
Linn County News Published March 13, 2024 Robert William Harper,Jr., age 76, of LaCygne, Kan., passed away Saturday Feb. 24, 2024, at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kan. Bob was born July 14, 1947, in Louisburg, Kan. He was the eldest of seven children born to Robert William, Sr., and Esther...[More]
Richard Eldon Baldwin ~ 07-21-1963 to 03-04-2024 - Mar. 6, 2024
Linn County News Published March 13, 2024 Richard Eldon Baldwin, age 60, of Butler, Mo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, March 4, 2024. Memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation...[More]
Opponents of industrial solar show solidarity in P&Z forum - Mar. 6, 2024
Approximately 200 people gathered at the Prairie View Performing Arts Center to take an opportunity to express their viewpoint on the industrial solar development question facing the Linn County Commissioners and Planning and Zoning Commission. P&Z Chair Richard Morrell welcomed the audience and...[More]
County counselor resigns position amid contract issue - Mar. 6, 2024
In the public comment portion of the commissioners meeting on Monday, March 4, former commissioner Rick James spoke on several issues, one of them being the contract for County Counselor Gary Thompson. James noted that during his time as commissioner his name was attached to many contracts, just as...[More]
