Mine Creek Battlefield welcomes new curator - Jul. 16, 2014
Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site recently welcomed new curator Tami Neal to the facility. Neal currently resides on a farm near Centerville, where she and her husband Bruce moved two years ago. Tami grew up in rural Iowa on property surrounded by a 2,000-acre state park. She attended...[More]
County adopts resolution to enforce traffic in lake communities - Jul. 16, 2014
Mentioning a resolution he and the county counselor have been working on to enforce traffic in the five lake communities in Linn County, Sheriff Paul Filla gave the floor to County Counselor Gary Thompson Monday at the County Commission meeting. Thompson said the resolution, 2014-16, would give the...[More]
Mound City 10U baseball team wins tournament at Osawatomie - Jul. 16, 2014
The Mound City 10U baseball team competed in their league tournament at Osawatomie which took place from July 11 to July 13. The team earned its way out of pool play on Friday, July 11, to earn a spot on the eight team bracket that would determine the champion on Sunday, July 13. Mound City battled its...[More]
LeRoy Junior Artman 03-28-1931 to 07-14-2014 - Jul. 16, 2014
LeRoy Junior Artman, age 83, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014. He was born at Lawrence, Kan., on March 28, 1931, the son of Earl and Ethel Swain Artman. He was a self-employed heavy equipment operator, farmed and raised cattle. He enjoyed building equipment. One example was...[More]
Deanna Fuhrman 05-24-1945 to 07-11-2014 - Jul. 16, 2014
Deanna L. Fuhrman, 69, of Bronson, Kan., passed away Friday, July 11, 2014, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan. She was born May 24, 1945, in Pleasanton, Kan., the daughter of Edward and Katherine F. (Dunavan) Umphenour. Deanna graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1963, and attended Fort...[More]
Pleasanton 1 wins Coach Pitch tournament; Blue Mound places second - Jul. 16, 2014
The Pleasanton 1 Coach Pitch baseball team won the 2014 Coach Pitch tournament held in Bronson from July 7 to July 10. The team had an excellent season finishing 11-1. Blue Mound also participated in the tournament and had a good run. They entered the tournament a six seed but finished second, losing...[More]
A ride into history - Jul. 16, 2014
She is leaving her horses at home, but Ann Birney of the Ride into History historical performance touring troupe will bring a saddle with her to Library District #2 of Linn County for a presentation to the Young Historians on Monday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m., in the Swan Room. The Texas Hope saddle...[More]
Three arrested in drug bust - Jul. 16, 2014
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit and the Linn County SRT (Special Response Team), busted three suspects last week in Parker. A tip resulted in the Sheriff’s Department obtaining a probable cause affidavit that was signed...[More]
Pleasanton considers mill levy raise – city valuation decreases - Jul. 9, 2014
City Administrator Tim Staton informed the City Council at their meeting Monday evening, July 7, that the valuation for Pleasanton decreased by 6.57 percent for the 2015 year. The estimated assessed valuation came through the County Clerk’s Office from County Appraiser Steve Thompson. Staton...[More]
