Annual clothing drive underway - Oct. 18, 2017
The 4-H Junior Leaders are gearing up for their annual clothing drive. This is the 10th year for the event in which the Junior Leaders gather as many donated clothing items as they can - everything from shirts, pants and jeans to coats and gloves. They then hold an event on the fairgrounds where people...[More]
Music on Main! jam sessions anniversary - Oct. 18, 2017
Tomorrow evening will be the first anniversary of the monthly jam sessions at Pleasanton Library. That is not to say they are new to the building though. When Marsha and Morgan Brown owned Brown’s Farm and Feed Supply for nine years, folks gathered on the same night of each month to play their...[More]
La Cygne mayor casts deciding vote on policy change - Oct. 18, 2017
La Cygne Mayor Robert Sullivan broke a 2-2 deadlock, casting a third dissenting vote that retains compensation time as a part of the city’s personnel policy.The discussion and vote came as an added “Other Business” agenda item at Monday’s regular council meeting that followed...[More]
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]
