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]
Pleasanton athletes take advantage of summer weight lifting program - Aug. 19, 2015
Conditioning and training is important for high school athletes, especially in the summer months. This year Pleasanton head football coach Dustin Johnson was very pleased with the Blu-Jays’ weight room attendance. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
Buffalo football prepares for season in the Tatanka Challenge - Aug. 19, 2015
The Prairie View football team has been working hard this off season in both the weight room and camps in preparation for the 2015 football season. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition here. ...[More]
Linn County Emergency Management hires new planner - Aug. 19, 2015
Linn County Emergency Management (EM) recently welcomed new Emergency Management Planner Skylar Dickey to their team. From the small town of Quenemo, Kan., Dickey joined Linn County EM on Aug. 3. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition...[More]
Emergency responders work three separate weekend accidents - Aug. 19, 2015
The first accident of three that occurred over the weekend involved a Linn County 2007 International dump truck fully loaded with 15 tons of gravel that had just pulled onto County Road 1077 three-quarter mile south of Centerville when a 2012 Freightliner fully loaded with liquid rear-ended the county...[More]
911 system outages occurring in Linn County - Aug. 19, 2015
The Linn County 911 emergency response system temporarily crashed twice in the last eight days. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition here. ...[More]
EPA and toxic river spills - Aug. 12, 2015
Am I the only one that feels the situation in Durango, Colo. is somewhat of an oxymoron? The very agency that is in place to supposedly protect our environment is the same agency that released three million gallons of toxic sludge into the Animas River near Durango, Colo.The EPA is the same agency that...[More]
