Centerville sewer district asks for fee clarification - Oct. 18, 2017
Clarification on the length of time Centerville sewer district users will pay a $24 monthly connection fee prompted a budget-estimate response at the Oct. 10 Linn County Commission meeting, delayed one day because of the Oct. 9 Monday Columbus Day government holiday.Christine Kossow, lead spokesperson...[More]
Pleasanton approves 3% water, sewer increase - Oct. 18, 2017
The city of Pleasanton approved an increase in water and sewer rates during the City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 16.City Administrator Erica Kern noted that the increase was scheduled to be at the council’s discretion, and the members present approved it on a 3-0 vote. Council member Jake Mattingley...[More]
Georgia Louise Crisler 02-16-1922 to 10-13-2017 - Oct. 17, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Oct. 18, 2017Georgia Louise Crisler, 95, of La Cygne, passed away on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, at Rosewood Health and Rehabilitation Center, Independence, Mo. Louise was born Feb. 16, 1922, in Flues, Colo., to Arthur Leonard and Ruth Elizabeth (Hensley) Conley. She attended schools...[More]
Dorothy C. Coffeen 02-27-1917 to 10-11-2017 - Oct. 17, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Oct. 18, 2017Dorothy C. Coffeen, age 100, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at Prescott Country View. She was born on Feb. 27, 1917, at Boicourt, Kan., the daughter of Frank and Nellie Johnson Clearwater. She married Glenn Coffeen on Nov. 17, 1934. He...[More]
Stephen R. Kimzey 01-03-1945 to 07-23-2017 - Oct. 17, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Oct. 18, 2017Stephen R. Kimzey, 72, of Topeka, Kan., passed away July 23, 2017, at his home in Topeka. He was born Jan. 3, 1945, in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Elvin and Lorene Leonard Kimzey. His younger years were spent in Linn County, Kan., after which the family moved...[More]
Pleasanton hosts home invitational, sets 2 school records - Oct. 11, 2017
The Pleasanton cross country team hosted their home cross country meet at the Pleasanton West Lake on Oct. 5.This is the first year the Blu-Jays hosted their home cross country invitational at the West Lake and runners performed well.Two school records were set in the seventh grade races in both the...[More]
Jayhawks drop 22-20 squeaker to visiting Bobcats - Oct. 11, 2017
Despite losing battles on both sides of the line and statistically, Jayhawk-Linn had a legitimate chance to win last Friday’s seesaw tussle.A last-minute ‘Hawk red-zone threat fell short, however, and the Jayhawks lost their first regular-season game in almost two seasons to visiting Drexel/Miami,...[More]
Buffalos fall in offensive battle to Santa Fe Trail on Homecoming - Oct. 11, 2017
The Prairie View football team hosted their Homecoming on Oct. 6 as they took on league foe Santa Fe Trail. Both offensives moved the ball well this game and the game pretty much came to who could move the ball better at the end. Unfortunately, that team was Santa Fe Trail as they defeated the Buffalos...[More]
Read celebrates 100th birthday in style - Oct. 11, 2017
Photo submitted by Michele MezaIsabel Read recently celebrated her 100th birthday in style, with all the pomp and circumstance a parade could muster.In honor of her special day, her family entered a car in the General Pleasonton Days parade and as the smile on Isabel’s face showed, it was a good...[More]
Hazel Rhynerson joins centenarian club - Oct. 11, 2017
In 100 years, things in this world have changed a lot and Blue Mound resident Hazel Rhynerson has witnessed a lot. Her birth date was Oct. 15, 1917, when Mexico and the United States renewed relations and Germany began torpedoing merchant ships prior to WWI.She was born in Mayview, Mo., to Lester and...[More]
