Linn County Park and Marina shows profit for 2021 - Jan. 5, 2022
Sheri Loveland, Linn County Park and Marina manager, presented several reports to the Linn County Commissioners on Monday, Dec. 27, during the weekly meeting, one of which showed the park had made a profit for 2021 without December receipts and expenses even added into the reports. To see the full...[More]
Chief judge resets Debus arraignment - Jan. 5, 2022
Defender explains case continuances Arraignment has been continued to 1:15 p.m. Jan. 28 via Zoom videoconference for a Wyandotte County man facing two Linn County sex-related charges. At a scheduled arraignment in Linn County District Court via Zoom Dec. 23, Amy Harth, 6th Kansas Judicial District...[More]
KDHE ISSUES new COVID-19 guidelines - Jan. 5, 2022
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has adopted the following guidelines regarding isolation and quarantine: Healthcare Workers (HCW) in the hospital setting – HCW in the hospital setting that have lab confirmed COVID-19 infection isolate for 10 days or 7 days with a negative...[More]
County mourns passing of Sgt. Stacy Murrow - Dec. 29, 2021
Linn County officials and residents learned of the passing of Sgt. Stacy Murrow, age 49, on Monday, Dec. 27, just hours after it occurred. Murrow had been recently hospitalized with COVID related complications. Friends said it began as bronchitis and quickly turned worse. Murrow, of rural Blue...[More]
Six applicants vie for Linn County district judge position - Dec. 29, 2021
Following the retirement of Judge Terri Johnson, 6th Kansas Judicial District, on Dec. 18, the 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission met via telephone conference Monday, Dec. 27, to discuss applicants, issues with applications and ground rules for interviews with the six interested attorneys. Judge...[More]
Warrants issued in Parker church burglary case - Dec. 29, 2021
Two warrants have been issued for the arrest of subjects in the Parker Baptist Church burglary. Linn County Prosecutor Burton Harding applied for warrants on Matthew A. Joles and Shila R. Fox based on the investigation of the burglary. The warrants were filed after a finding of probable cause was determined...[More]
Amsterdam Café voted ‘Best of the Best’ - Dec. 28, 2021
For this year’s Best of the Best special edition of the Linn County News a new category was added, “Best of the Best,” and within that category we had asked that voters give us their vote for the best of the best, the best of all the categories given them on which to vote. The winner...[More]
Evergy outage largest in company’s experience - Dec. 22, 2021
Early on the evening on Wednesday, Dec. 15, a good portion of Linn County lost power. That outage lasted 14 hours and into Thursday morning for many in Linn County and beyond that for many of Evergy’s other customers. Reports from across the county showed that Pleasanton, Prescott and Blue Mound,...[More]
TikTok challenge puts local district on alert - Dec. 22, 2021
A challenge issued on TikTok – a short form, video-sharing app – last week caused a local school, as well as schools across the nation, to take extra precautions on Friday, Dec. 17. The alleged TikTok threat encouraged students to bring weapons to school on Dec. 17, causing alarm for...[More]
Linn County Planning Commission approves new cellular towers - Dec. 22, 2021
Returning to the Linn County Planning Commission meeting Tuesday, Dec. 14, the attorney representing Harmoni Towers, LLC, on behalf of AT&T, Glenda Cafer, spoke concerning conditional use permits (CUPs) 21-05 and 21-06, two towers requested to be built near the U.S. Highway 69 corridor. Cafer said,...[More]
