County attorney files cases in investigation initiated by missing boy report - Sep. 14, 2016
Linn County Attorney John Sutherland filed two cases in court against foster parents arrested following an investigation that came about due to a missing child report. Case 2016-CR-165 was filed against Virginia Suzanne Seagren. Case 2016-CR-166 was filed against Christian Seagren. To see the...[More]
Life’s mental milestones - Sep. 14, 2016
This past Sunday’s commemoration of the 9/11 terrorist attacks marks 15 years since that surreal Tuesday morning in New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. In some respects, though, the horror of four commercial jetliners falling out of the sky seems like only yesterday. Maybe...[More]
Shirley Ann White - Sep. 9, 2016
Shirley Ann White 10-28-1942 to 09-04-2016 Linn County News Published Sept. 14, 2016 Shirley Ann White, age 73, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at the Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She was born Oct. 28, 1942, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ward...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Labor Day thoughts ... - Sep. 7, 2016
One of the daily exercises I used while teaching eighth-grade English/language arts was having students respond to a prompt for a Writer’s Notebook entry. Early in the school year, after their 10-minute writing session, I would model my own response to a few of the prompts. And so it is...[More]
Buffalo football edges Anderson County - Sep. 7, 2016
The Prairie View football team traveled to Anderson County on Sept. 2 for the season opener against league foe Anderson County. The game started well for the Buffalos as Jake Thomasson stripped the ball, which was recovered by Trey Isenhower, from the Bulldogs. The Buffalos took advantage of...[More]
Blue Mound United Methodist Church receives new ceiling - Sep. 7, 2016
Keeping older buildings in shape is tough and the Blue Mound United Methodist Church congregation knows full well after the back half of the church sanctuary ceiling collapsed in mid-July. So the congregation decided to redo the entire ceiling with new tile and grids. This building is the new building...[More]
Event honoring first responders to be held on Sept. 11 - Sep. 7, 2016
It was late July when Micco Poag first got the idea to do something in honor of our first responders. Not long after, Micco had his wife Andrea on board and the two of them began to plan the event which is set for Sept. 11 at Dunlap Park in Pleasanton from noon to 6 p.m. To see the full article, check...[More]
County IT director presents communication tower information - Sep. 7, 2016
Linn County Commissioners can expect a cost proposal for a new communications tower within the next two weeks. So said Chris Martin, county information technology director, at Tuesday’s weekly commission meeting. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
