4 suspects taken into custody after rural home burglary - Jan. 21, 2015
Last Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 14, the Linn County Sheriff’s Department received an emergency 9-1-1 call from a man reporting an active burglary at Jim McCammon’s home on County Road 1077 northeast of Parker. The Sheriff’s Office and La Cygne Police Department responded to the call....[More]
Digging out of a bad deal Linn Valley gives POA options on wrecked backhoe - Jan. 21, 2015
After months of negotiation following the crash of the backhoe leased by the city for the Linn Valley Property Owners Association (POA), the city and the POA met at the City Council meeting Jan. 12, 2015,+ to hear three options offered to the POA.City Attorney Gary Thompson took the lead and recounted...[More]
La Cygne power plant upgrades near completion - Jan. 21, 2015
Visitors traveling on U.S. 69 past the La Cygne exit may notice a subtle change in the KCP&L plant. The generating station recently began a tie-in stage, transitioning the two former smokestacks into the new single stack, double chimney.Throughout the week plumes of smoke could be seen drifting from...[More]
New youth pastor joins First Baptist Church - Jan. 14, 2015
First Baptist Church in Mound City recently welcomed new youth pastor Jacob Goff, his wife Shauna and their two children, Asher and Emma, to the church. Moving from central Oklahoma, Goff brings five years of youth ministry experience to the community.A recent graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University,...[More]
Mid-America Nutrition Program wishes Doris Basore a happy retirement - Jan. 14, 2015
After 30 plus years as the Site Manager of the Pleasanton Nutrition Site, Doris Basore announced her resignation. Doris, who recently celebrated her 95th birthday, has decided to retire. She enjoyed a surprise celebration in her honor on Tuesday, Jan. 6, where family, friends and coworkers from...[More]
Could you change a life by giving up 4 weeks? - Jan. 14, 2015
What if you could change an orphan’s whole life for the better by simply opening your home and sharing your life with them for four weeks? Wade and Christine Teagarden of La Cygne along with their children Josie, Wylie and Ethan answered that call by working with an organization called Project...[More]
Wanda Faye (Boone) Hood - 03-03-1929 to 01-10-2015 - Jan. 14, 2015
Wanda Faye (Boone) Hood, Minneapolis, Kan., was born to Irvin and Esther (Crogan) Boone March 3, 1929, in La Cygne, Kan., and she passed away Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis.Wanda married Mark Hood Jan. 1, 1947 in Herington, Kan. To this union three children were...[More]
Patricia J. Reppert - 01-21-1929 to 01-10-2015 - Jan. 14, 2015
Patricia J. Reppert, 85, Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. She was born Jan. 21, 1929, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Harry O. and Alberta C. Camp Kliner. She married Fred Lee Reppert May 3, 1949. He preceded her in death Feb. 5, 2005. Pat worked for Western Electric as a telephone...[More]
Dorothy Fern Hodgson Hosley Koontz - Jan. 14, 2015
Dorothy Fern Hodgson Hosley Koontz passed away Dec. 12, 2014, in Littleton, Colo. She was 100 years old. Always known as “Fern,” she was the youngest of seven children and the only girl. All of her brothers preceded her in death. Fern was born on a farm in Linn County, Kan., to Stephen and...[More]
Rosetta Mae Person - 11-09-1924 to 01-04-2015 - Jan. 14, 2015
Rosetta Mae Kendall was born in Prescott, Kan. Rosetta was the youngest of three children born to Theron William Kendall and Pearl Victoria Wallace Kendall. Growing up, Rosetta was quite the tomboy, preferring to play outside with her older brother and his friends instead of being in the house and learning...[More]
