KDHE and the FDA warn consumers not to use select Similac, Alimentum and EleCare powdered infant formula - Feb. 18, 2022
TOPEKA – Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is investigating complaints of infant illness related to products from Abbott’s Nutrition’s Sturgis, MI facility. Three brands of powdered infant formula were recalled for possible Cronobacter contamination. As...[More]
SPECIAL: Four killed in wreck on U.S. 69 Highway - Feb. 18, 2022
Four people were killed on the morning of Feb. 18, in a wreck just south of the Butler exit, north of the city of Pleasanton. According to reports filed by the Kansas Highway Patrol , the vehicle, a 2019 Dodge Ram pickup, was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 69 when it hit a patch of ice, The driver...[More]
Sharon Sue Herrmann 07-22-1946 to 12-10-2021 - Feb. 17, 2022
Sharon Sue Herrmann, age 75, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Graveside funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kan. Contributions are suggested to the Blue Moon Youth Center. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com....[More]
SRO update - Feb. 16, 2022
USD 362 board hears SRO update BY TONY FURSE LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM Ahead of county school superintendent meetings this week with county legal counsel and next Tuesday with county commissioners, Unified School District 362 board of education members heard updates on school resource...[More]
Pleasanton Council discusses BASE grant - Feb. 16, 2022
Hopes that a building will draw a restaurant Holding a special meeting 30 minutes prior to their regular meeting on Monday, the Pleasanton City Council looked at options for the approximate $400,000 BASE (Building A Stronger Economy) grant application that is due Monday, Feb. 28. City Administrator...[More]
Parker passes road survey resolution - Feb. 16, 2022
Action furthers last month’s eminent domain process ordinance As a next step to an eminent domain process ordinance passed Jan. 26, Parker city leaders unanimously approved at Thursday’s monthly council meeting a resolution to conduct a land survey. Burton Harding, city attorney,...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 16, 2022
Happy medium I grew up in Denver, lived in Phoenix for years and then moved to rural western Kansas when an opportunity to move to a slower lifestyle presented itself. When that lifestyle was too slow, an opportunity in eastern Kansas showed itself – hence, the Linn County News. So, I’ve...[More]
Meeting goals head on, one match at a time - Feb. 16, 2022
Page is headed to State Alyssa Page, a senior at Prairie View High School, says she is excited at the prospect of going to State later this month. Alyssa Page has had a great wrestling career at Prairie View and she only continues to get better. She won her first league championship as...[More]
Courtwarming Jayhawk basketball falls to Central Heights - Feb. 16, 2022
The Jayhawk-Linn basketball teams hosted Central Heights on Feb. 11 for their 2022 Courtwarming. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams played very close games with the Vikings, but each ended up on the losing end. The girls lost by three, 35-32, while the boys lost by two, 50-48. The girls’...[More]
Pleasanton basketball faces Uniontown, Oswego - Feb. 16, 2022
The Pleasanton girls’ and boys’ basketball teams played league foes Uniontown and Oswego this past week. They traveled to Uniontown on Feb. 8 and then to Oswego on Feb. 11. The girls lost to Uniontown, 44-13, but defeated Oswego, 27-20. The boys were the opposite as they defeated...[More]
