Pleasanton City Council - Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 - Sep. 28, 2022
Linn County News linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com The Pleasanton City Council met on Monday, Sept. 26, and opted to push the annexation hearing to the end of the meeting due to City Attorney Burton Harding running late. City Administrator Teresa Whitaker then asked the council to jump to number...[More]
La Cygne City Council - Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 - Sep. 28, 2022
LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM In addition to addressing a sewer-line slope issue discovery, a report located elsewhere in this edition, La Cygne city leaders heard Tina Fenoughty, police chief and animal control officer, explain that 19 animal cruelty citations and three for aggressive...[More]
Linn Valley City Council - Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 - Sep. 28, 2022
Linn County News jackielcn@ckt.net The council heard several condemnation cases in their opening condemnation hearing and approved pulling the Woodrum condemnation from the list as the owner had made big progress in getting the property cleaned up. Councilman Lew Donelson said opening demolition...[More]
USD 362 School Board - Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 - Sep. 21, 2022
In addition to electing a new member, approving capital improvement expenditures, and hearing a proposal for a high-school level organization, all three reports located elsewhere in this issue, the Prairie View Unified School District board of education increased substitute teacher pay at its monthly...[More]
Linn county Commissioners - Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 - Sep. 21, 2022
The commissioners met for their weekly meeting and paid bills in the amount of $1,197,160.55. They received the written report from Sheriff Kevin Friend that he has 38 prisoners in-house with 19 of them from other counties. Fire Chief Randy Hegwald reported 15 incidents week-to-date totaling 402 year-to-date....[More]
USD 346 School Board - Monday, September 12, 2022 - Sep. 14, 2022
The USD 346 board met for the budget and revenue neutral rate hearing at 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 12. Superintendent Shawn Thomas reviewed state assessment result handouts and how Jayhawk students performed in comparison to the rest of the state in Math, English, and Science assessments. Some obstacles...[More]
Pleasanton USD 344 - Monday, September 12, 2022 - Sep. 14, 2022
Board members of Pleasanton USD-344 met on Monday, Sept. 12, for their regular monthly meeting. Elementary principal Nathan Meik provided his monthly update to the board for review. He noted on Sept. 2, students in grades 4-7 met with their former teachers at the Olathe Community Center pool to...[More]
Prescott City Council - Monday, September 12, 2022 - Sep. 14, 2022
The Sept. 12 meeting of the Prescott City Council opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. City Attorney Burton Harding sent a message he would be late as he was coming from another meeting. Separate motions were made and passed to accept the minutes for the budget meeting of last month and...[More]
Pleasanton City Council - Monday, September 12, 2022 - Sep. 14, 2022
The council met for their every-other-week Monday meeting and heard from Renee Slinkard on Constitution Week. Mayor Mike Frisbie signed the proclamation stating Constitution Week is Sept. 17 – 23; this is the 234th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. A 10-minute executive session for...[More]
Linn Valley City Council - Monday, September 12, 2022 - Sep. 14, 2022
The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept.12, 2022, with Mayor Cindy Smith presiding and all council members present. See separate story for the budget hearing in this edition. Codes Enforcement Officer Don Hastings reported that 51 building permits...[More]
