USD 344 SCHOOL BOARD - Monday, June 12, 2023 - Jun. 21, 2023
Pleasanton school board members met on Monday, June 12, for their regular monthly meeting. After opening the meeting, they heard from Elementary Principal, Nathan Meik, who gave his monthly report. Meik summarized summer school. He shared that the students experience both academic and extracurricular...[More]
Wallace Reed Hook ~ 01-08-1933 to 06-13-2023 - Jun. 20, 2023
Linn County News Published June 21, 2023 Wallace Reed Hook, 90, of Linn Valley, Kan., passed away on June 13, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Fort Scott National Cemetery, 900 E. National Ave., Fort Scott, Kan., 66701. (Procession...[More]
UPDATE: Investigation of letters with suspicious white powder - Jun. 18, 2023
UPDATE: Investigation of letters with suspicious white powder ...[More]
UPDATE: Statewide Silver Alert issued for missing Garden City woman cancelled - Jun. 18, 2023
UPDATE: Statewide Silver Alert for missing Garden City woman canceled TOPEKA – The Garden City Police Department reported that 68-year-old Carolyn Koentopp was located safe today in Liberal, Kansas. She is being reunited with family. Thank you for your assistance during the silver alert....[More]
Donna Faye (Coffin) Sutherland ~ 09-16-1926 to 06-11-2023 - Jun. 15, 2023
Linn County News Published June 21, 2023 Donna Faye (Coffin) Sutherland, age 96, went to be with the Lord on June 11, 2023, in Leawood, Kan. Graveside funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 16, 2023, at the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends and family will gather 10 a.m. Friday at the...[More]
James Walter “Jim†Gabbert ~ 11-21-1929 to 06-14-2023 - Jun. 15, 2023
Linn County News Published June 21, 2023 James Walter "Jim" Gabbert, age 93, Prescott, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2023. He was born in Grandview, Mo., on Nov. 21, 1929, the son of Chester and Lois Sherbahn Gabbert. Jim was united in marriage to Margaret Ellen...[More]
Pleasanton holds 1-cent sales tax public forum - Jun. 14, 2023
Looking to add a one-cent sales tax to the city of Pleasanton to fix streets, the city council held a public listening session Monday night to hear from city residents. Approximately 30 people showed up with four or five speaking to the council. Councilwoman Rochelle Schreckhise asked the first question...[More]
Bike Across Kansas to end at Pleasanton this Saturday - Jun. 14, 2023
On Saturday, June 17, participants in the 49th annual Bike Across Kansas event will arrive in Pleasanton on the final leg of their 539 mile trek across the state. While some chose to actually start at the Kansas-Colorado border on Friday, June 9, the majority of them began their journey in Elkhart,...[More]
Commissioners question Tri-Ko budget requests, want meeting - Jun. 14, 2023
John Platt, executive director with Tri-Ko, presented their budget requests to commissioners. That request totaled $82,499, as it was for 2023, and Platt noted that 23 of their 151 clients in a three county area live in Linn County. Commissioner Danny McCullough asked how they came up with the...[More]
Some words about words - Jun. 14, 2023
As I was scrolling through my Facebook “memories,” a video popped up from seven years ago. I was in Harrisburg, speaking on the steps of the state capitol at a pro-life rally. The thing that struck me, other than the fact that it was such a large crowd of people, were the words I was using...[More]
