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]
Murder hearing cancelled due to weather - Feb. 9, 2022
Presiding Circuit Judge M. Brandon Baker of Missouri’s Bates County Circuit Court ordered court closed on Wednesday, Feb. 2, due to a predicted winter storm. That order forced a continuance for all cases set for that day, including Case 22BS-CR-00001 filed against Christopher E. Cutshaw, age 26,...[More]
La Cygne suggests alternate routes during CCLIP - Feb. 9, 2022
KDOT project to begin next month will widen east K-152 La Cygne city leadership is suggesting that motorists find alternate routes from the east when a highway widening project begins next month. At the regular council meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 2, Mayor Debra Wilson strongly recommended...[More]
Conservation through the arts - Feb. 9, 2022
Junior Duck Stamp contest FORT SCOTT – Saturday, Feb. 19, Fort Scott National Historic Site and Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge are presenting the 29th annual national Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. Art programs will run from 10 a.m.-noon and 2-3:30 p.m., and all students in kindergarten...[More]
Parker ordinance begins eminent domain process - Feb. 2, 2022
City seeks 60-foot road easement to reopen South Walnut By passing Ordinance No. 479 at a special meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 26, the city of Parker has begun the process of an eminent domain acquisition to reopen the southern stretch of South Walnut Avenue. On a 4-0 vote with Kandice Higgins...[More]
County Health Department Advisory Board members named - Feb. 2, 2022
The county commissioners finalized members of the Linn County Health Department Advisory Board on Monday with County Counselor Gary Thompson clarifying that the newly created health board does not take decision making ability from Missy Lancaster, Linn County Health Department administrator and public...[More]
USD 344 principal resigns; board secretary retires - Feb. 2, 2022
USD 344 board of education special meeting The Pleasanton USD 344 board of education met, by various means, on Friday, Jan. 21, for a special meeting to accept a resignation and retirement. Board member Linda Conley appeared via computer access, while Jay Allen and Tanner Ogden made their appearance...[More]
La Cygne annexes county land - Jan. 26, 2022
Property involved is at Industrial Park La Cygne has annexed 12.5 acres of Linn County property. At their regular meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 19, the city’s council voted 4-0, with Thomas Capp not present, to adopt Ordinance No. 1498 that makes the Industrial Park property annexation...[More]
Procedure at Pleasanton council meeting questioned - Jan. 26, 2022
Question comes with recusal of council member on wife’s contract The first meeting of the year was held On Jan. 3 with three Pleasanton council members present: Joe Whitaker, Jake Mattingley and Melanie Staton. As recorded in notes from that meeting in the Jan. 5 edition of the Linn County...[More]
