LINN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - Jul. 6, 2022
The commissioners approved bills Tuesday morning, as Monday was Independence Day, in the amount of $889,846.20. The amount included KwiKom’s grant to install fiber optic on the west side of the county. KwiKom approved the county’s request to hold back 10 percent of the grant of $580,000. The...[More]
Leslie (Les) Eugene Krull 06-09-1937 to 06-29-2022 - Jul. 5, 2022
Linn County News Published July 6, 2022 Leslie (Les) Eugene Krull, 85, of Berryton, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Prairie Winds Senior Living, in Berryton, Kan. He was born June 9, 1937, to Eugene and Roberta “Pauline” (Townsley) Krull at home in Mound City, Kan. The family then moved...[More]
Patrick Wayne Marmon 08-26-1942 to 06-08-2022 - Jul. 5, 2022
Linn County News Published July 6, 2022 Patrick Wayne Marmon, age 79, Paola, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022. He was born in La Cygne, Kan., on Aug. 26, 1942, the son of Harry and Mamie Wilderson Marmon. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1961. He was...[More]
Blue Mound Independence Day celebration this Saturday - Jun. 30, 2022
The City of Blue Mound will hold their annual Independence Day celebration this coming Saturday, July 2. The event will kick off at 7 a.m. with registration for the 5K Race which begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the 1 mile Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. The event organizers have named the grand marshal...[More]
Suspect arrested in pharmacy robbery - Jun. 29, 2022
Makes first appearance in court Following the robbery of the Silver Creek Pharmacy in La Cygne on Wednesday, June 22, law enforcement officers from across the county worked together to track down the suspect. Robert Woody III was arrested in Pleasanton later that day. Woody is charged...[More]
Pleasanton postmaster retiring - Jun. 29, 2022
Pleasanton Postmaster Mark Willard will be officially retiring on Thursday, June 30, at the close of business. Willard began his career with the United States Postal Service in May 1995 as a carrier and clerk at the Girard, Kan. post office. From there he moved to Walnut, Kan. where he took his first...[More]
Pleasanton senior to represent Kansas at national electric cooperative meeting - Jun. 29, 2022
Landry George, a rising high school senior from Pleasanton, will travel to Nashville next March to represent Kansas as one of only 35 students nationwide selected to participate in the Youth Leadership Council (YLC), a program of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). George...[More]
Holler presented with award for leatherworking - Jun. 29, 2022
In the sixth grade, at the age of 12, Cole Holler took a class on leather working and found something he loved. Now 16, Cole was recently named the winner of the Ann Stohlman Youth Award in leatherworking at the Rocky Mountain Leather Trade Show in Sheridan, Wyo. “My grandpa is friends with Randy...[More]
Michelle Haupt named head softball coach at Prairie View - Jun. 29, 2022
Prairie View High School has announced Michelle Haupt as the head coach of the softball program, pending Board of Education approval. Coach Haupt has served as the assistant softball coach at Prairie View since 2019, head coach at West Franklin High School for two seasons and is currently a 4th-grade...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 29, 2022
Fly high 9203 The worst nightmare of a parent is to lose a child. The worst nightmare of a child is to lose a dad or mom. The worst nightmare for a sibling is to lose a brother or sister – yet that is what happened when Josh Haynes died after fighting a fire that started because of an electrical...[More]
