James Franklin “Jim†Brooks ~ 03-03-1955 to 08-21-2023 - Aug. 29, 2023
Linn County News Published Aug. 30, 2023 James Franklin “Jim” Brooks, age 68, Hume, Mo., passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Graveside funeral service was held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at the Woodfin Cemetery, Foster, Mo. The memorial service was held...[More]
School threat handled by district, LCSO - Aug. 24, 2023
Linn County Sheriff's Office issued the following press relase following today's incident: On August 24, 2023, at approximately 12:30pm the Linn County Sheriff’s Office was notified that a former student of Prairie View USD #362 had made a threat toward the Prairie View School District on social...[More]
James Franklin “Jim†Brooks ~ 03-03-1955 to 08-21-2023 - Aug. 23, 2023
Linn County News Published Aug. 30, 2023 James Franklin "Jim" Brooks, age 68, Hume, Mo., passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Graveside funeral service will be 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at the Woodfin Cemetery, Foster, Mo. A memorial service will be held 11:30 a.m., Friday,...[More]
Open enrollment and what it means for local school districts - Aug. 23, 2023
Earlier this year, Governor Laura Kelly signed into law a bill authorizing open enrollment in Kansas schools for the 2024-2025 academic year. Open enrollment is a state-level policy that allows students to select and transfer to a school of their choice, rather than attending a specific school based...[More]
Teachers, USD 362 agree on contract - Aug. 23, 2023
The Prairie View Unified School District 362 board of education and its licensed teachers have reached a contract agreement for the 2023-24 school term. On a 6-0 vote with Brian Lueker not present at their monthly Aug. 15 meeting, the board agreed to an average 3.482 percent salary increase. In...[More]
Commissioners approve estimate for remodel of former judicial building - Aug. 23, 2023
Linn County Public Works Administrator Shaun West presented a final estimate to the Linn County Commissioners on Monday, Aug. 21, for the remodel at the former judicial building. West explained to commissioners that a total estimate from Construction Consultant Randy Page came in at $36,510 and, following...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Aug. 23, 2023
Changes Well, change comes whether we like it or not; that goes for rock and roll or life in general. I spent the weekend at my son’s home with him and his family; the reason, Stevie Nicks was in concert with Billy Joel. It’s been a long time since I’ve attended a big concert like...[More]
A love for animals and rodeo - Aug. 23, 2023
Dally Umphenour pulls them together in rodeo Dally Umphenour, 11, is a fifth grade student at Jayhawk-Linn Elementary whose interest in animals and rodeo has propelled her to great success in the rodeo arena. Dally has been competing in rodeo since she was four years old and rodeo runs in her...[More]
Linn County Rodeo results - Aug. 23, 2023
The rodeo is a two-day event at the Linn County Fair and Rodeo and one of its most popular. This year the rodeo was on Aug. 11-12 and here is the results from this year’s rodeo. Bareback riding 1. Rhett Rhodes, Brookville, KS, 87.5 points 2. Quintonn Lunsford, McCune, KS, 82 points 3....[More]
Fish, don’t hunt - Aug. 23, 2023
In a week the dove season will open and there are two or three reasons to avoid it as far as I am concerned. For one thing, I don’t want to hunt in crowds, and I don’t like to get sweat on my shotgun, and I don’t care to get mosquito bit. But the main reason is, fishing is great when...[More]
