Amelia SueAnn Cox ~ 04-07-2019 to 11-17-2022 - Dec. 13, 2022
Linn County News Published Dec. 14, 2022 Amelia SueAnn Cox passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, after battling AMKL (Acute MegaKaryoblastic Leukemia). She was born on April 7, 2019, in Overland Park, Kan., the daughter of Kyle and Chelsie Cox. Words cannot express what a wonderful...[More]
Alice Christeen McNabb ~ 11-13-1926 to 12-10-2022 - Dec. 13, 2022
Linn County News Published December 14, 2022 Alice Christeen McNabb, 96, of Parsons, died at 2:35 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. She was born in Worland, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1926, to Olen and Mary (Jacobs) Jackson. Her family moved several times throughout her childhood during the Great Depression,...[More]
SPECIAL: Blood Drive coming up - Dec. 8, 2022
NOTICE: There will be a blood drive at the Catholic Hall in Mound City from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13...[More]
Sentencing in robbery case continued - Dec. 7, 2022
In a sentencing hearing set for Friday, Dec. 2, Robert Woody III appeared in Linn County District Court in front of Judge Andrea Purvis, but instead of sentencing being handed down, the defense requested a continuance. Defense counsel Craig Cole noted his client had just brought a statute to his attention...[More]
Short term solution to landfill issue possible - Dec. 7, 2022
Discussions at Monday’s Linn County Commissioner’s meeting turned to the landfill issue and the fact that, as it currently sits, the landfill is only a year and half out from closing. During Monday’s discussions, Linn County Public Works Administrator Shaun West noted that the cost...[More]
Allen sentenced to time served - Dec. 7, 2022
Charges amended to one count of leaving the scene of an accident James Rocky Allen appeared in Linn County District Court on Tuesday, Nov. 29 for what was slated to be a preliminary hearing in case LN-2020-CR-000240 in which he was charged with second degree murder; intentional, in the death...[More]
Food dyes and behavior Part 2 - Red dyes and their effects - Dec. 7, 2022
Synthetic dyes are used as colorants in many of the foods we ingest, but until recently no one had ever looked at the connection between those synthetic dyes and behavioral issues. In 2018, the California legislature funded a report that contained conclusions linked to the results of 27 clinical trials...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 7, 2022
Power grid Anyone who thinks America’s power grid is solid and not open to terrorist attacks, cataclysmic natural events, etc. has their head in the sand. Several years ago, probably eight, I took one of my continuing education classes where the instructor spoke about an attack on a California...[More]
Mound City Council - Monday, December 5, 2022 - Dec. 7, 2022
The Mound City Council met Monday night and addressed several items on their agenda; with that they heard from two public speakers, the first Janice Schubert concerning a large water bill. Schubert said her bill increased in November by 280 percent during a 12 day period with 200 gallons metered out...[More]
Blue Mound City Council - Monday, December 5, 2022 - Dec. 7, 2022
Members of the Blue Mound City Council met on Monday, Dec. 5, for their regular monthly meeting. Under old business, the council was informed the offer to purchase a used water tower fell through. They also were told that the asphalt millings had been purchased and hauled to town and were now...[More]
