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]
Local author comes to Pleasanton library - Aug. 19, 2015
Author Marcel Normand visited the Pleasanton library last Friday to share insight into his new book, The Lucile James Story: Portrait of a Remarkable Teacher. Throughout the afternoon former students and interested residents stopped by the library to visit with Normand and his wife, Helen. To...[More]
New Farm Bureau agent brings services to Mound City office - Aug. 19, 2015
Carlene Spillman became a Farm Bureau Financial Services agent in Mound City in February 2015. Nearly six months after starting her new career, Spillman said she greatly enjoys her work in the community. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out...[More]
Parker woman earns dog rescue license : “I work for the dogs” - Aug. 19, 2015
By day, her vocation is providing care for humans.But Regina McClellen’s lifelong passion is for the welfare of dogs. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition here. ...[More]
Roger D. Kaufman - 10-07-1946 to 08-14-2015 - Aug. 19, 2015
Roger D. Kaufman Sr., 68, of Drexel, Mo., passed away Aug. 14, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. He was born Oct. 7, 1946, to James and Gloria Kaufman in Kansas City, Kan. He grew up on a farm outside of Drexel, Mo., and graduated from High School in Louisburg, Kan. He then chose...[More]
Marsha Aileen McGee Daves - 05-30-1954 to 08-10-2015 - Aug. 19, 2015
Marsha Aileen McGee Daves, 61, formerly of Linn County, Kan., passed away Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, at her daughter’s home in Frederick, Md. She was born May 30, 1954, at Garnett, Kan., the daughter of Earnest and LaVerne Lamb McGee. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. She then attended Northeastern...[More]
Sandra “Sandy” Fern Wisdom - 07-26-1949 to 08-14-2015 - Aug. 19, 2015
Sandra “Sandy” Fern Wisdom, 66, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born July 26, 1949, at Lebanon, Mo., the daughter of Hobart and Delia Presley Moore.She worked in nursing homes and home health as a CNA, CMA, and Rehab Aid. She enjoyed...[More]
Phyllis Dianne Porter - 01-22-1948 to 08-13-2015 - Aug. 19, 2015
Phyllis Dianne Porter, 67, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. She was born Jan. 22, 1948, at Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Herchel and Nina Miller King. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Jesse Marie.She is survived by her husband, Don Porter; five daughters,...[More]
