Linn County Commissioners - Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 - Sep. 7, 2022
Linn County News jackielcn@ckt.net The commissioners met Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday and paid bills in the amount of $179,582.23. The sheriff’s monthly fee income report of $1,142.50 was approved. Sheriff Kevin Friend reported 35 prisoners in-house with 18 of those farmed...[More]
Larry Dean Poole ~ 07-23-1965 to 08-31-2022 - Sep. 6, 2022
Linn County News Published September 7, 2022 Larry Dean Poole, age 57, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. He was born on July 23, 1965, in Paola, Kan., the son of Frank and Cheryl (Price) Poole. He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the Class of 1983. He attended...[More]
Cleta Irene (Weddle) Zimmerman ~ 09-07-1931 to 08-30-2022 - Sep. 6, 2022
Linn County News Published September 7, 2022 Cleta Irene (Weddle) Zimmerman, 90 years old, of Centerville, entered into eternal rest peacefully on Aug. 30, 2022, and has been reunited with her husband, Gerald, of 35 years; and her son Randy; as well as her parents; two sisters, Bonnie Wade and Mima...[More]
SPECIAL: Man found deceased in Parker - Sep. 4, 2022
On September 4, 2022, at 11:27a.m. the Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a call to investigate a subject lying in the grass at 301 Catalpa Ave. in Parker, Kansas. A Deputy checked the area and found a deceased male on the property. The scene was processed, and Detectives are interviewing...[More]
SPECIAL: Public Health Advisories for Kansas Lakes Due to Blue-Green Algae - Sep. 2, 2022
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) have issued several public health advisories for Kansas lakes due to blue-green algae. A...[More]
Ellen Mae Butts ~ 11-15-1936 to 08-26-2022 - Sep. 1, 2022
Linn County News Published September 7, 2022 Ellen Mae Butts, age 85, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at her home at McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff surrounded by family. She was born in Pleasanton, Kan., on Nov. 15, 1936 to Sam and Madge (Smith) Hayes. Ellen...[More]
Voice of the Chiefs Mitch Holthus speaks of culture change at Prairie View - Aug. 31, 2022
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com Prairie View had a special guest speaker on the evening of Monday, Aug. 29 as the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs Mitch Holthus came to speak on the topic of a culture change at Prairie View. Holthus is from Smith Center, Kan. and has his Bachelors...[More]
Lawn mower accident burns operator - Aug. 31, 2022
Linn County News jackielcn@ckt.net What could have been a horrible death turned into a terrible accident when Pleasanton resident Harold Johnson rolled his lawn mower over in a ditch last Saturday morning. The mower caught fire with Johnson pinned underneath; only with the fortune...[More]
Deputy Klayton Parscale to command SRO program - Aug. 31, 2022
Deputy Klayton Parscale was promoted to Sergeant beginning August 17, 2022. Sergeant Parscale will take command of the School Resource Officer program; under his command will be Deputy Bob Ward who serves at Prairie View High School, Deputy Kyler Parscale who serves at Parker Elementary, Deputy...[More]
Jobless, unemployment - Aug. 31, 2022
I remember my first real job. I was in Loveland, Colo. and talked to my best friend who had recently become a soccer coach/referee for the Loveland Parks and Recreation. They needed help, I was 16 and had a car to use, so I applied and got the job. I earned $2.50 each hour I spent with my teams...[More]
