Sherry Sue Conner - 04-02-1971 to 08-22-2015 - Aug. 26, 2015
Sherry Sue Conner, 44, Prescott, Kan., passed away Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015 at her home. She was born April 2, 1971, at Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of David and Peggy Ann Kieffer Walters. She attended grade school in Baldwin, Kan., and graduated from Olathe North High School.She married Bryan Conner...[More]
Hometown Heroes sports talk focuses on Title IX, female equality - Aug. 26, 2015
Girl athletes today may not recognize the strides made during the past 40 years.That assessment formed the crux of Laura Hartley’s “Run Like a Girl: Kansas Stories of Title IX” presentation Monday evening at the La Cygne Library’s Swan Room. To see the full article, check...[More]
2015 Eastern Kansas Pro Rodeo Series Winners - Aug. 26, 2015
The High Point winners were named in the 2015 Eastern Kansas Pro Rodeo Series following the completion of the Eureka, Kan. rodeo Aug 14-15. The series was a joint effort between the Linn County Fair Rodeo, Mound City, Kan., Aug 6-7 and the Eureka Pro Rodeo Association. The series is designed to raise...[More]
6th St. temporarily closes due to water leak - Aug. 26, 2015
On Tuesday evening, Aug. 18, the city of Pleasanton learned of a water line leak near 6th Street and Pine Street. City Administrator Erica Kern reported that water appeared to be “seeping out of the road.” To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News...[More]
County gains $900,000 in pipeline valuation revenue - Aug. 26, 2015
County Clerk David Lamb was the bearer of pleasant news for the commissioners Monday when they learned that the Enbridge pipeline valuation was going to add over eight mills to the county’s valuation. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check...[More]
Going green, family builds new home out of shipping containers - Aug. 26, 2015
Art Brown and his wife, Susan, embarked on a daring adventure last summer when the pair decided to build a house using recycled cargo shipping containers. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition here. ...[More]
Student donates hair to help cancer patients - Aug. 26, 2015
Gracie Shaw, a nine-year-old girl, of Pleasanton, started off her school year with a selfless donation, meaning she’ll also go to school with significantly shorter hair this year. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition...[More]
Bully Pulpit - Illegal immigration: a multi-tiered issue - Aug. 19, 2015
I’ve been thinking about the illegal immigration issue for some time. The United States definitely has a problem and most of it comes from our own lack of desire to change how we are doing things, spend money on a nationwide plan to curb illegal immigration or make a better route to handle good...[More]
