Commissioners address SRO funding - Sep. 22, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net After Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend spoke on School Resource Officer (SRO) activity, County Commissioner Jim Johnson commented at their Monday meeting that the commissioners needed to clear up discussion on the SRO issue. County...[More]
Pleasanton Council discusses annexation - Sep. 22, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net Continuing their discussion concerning annexation at their Monday meeting, the City Council spoke of Pleasanton resident Kimberly Campbell’s request for voluntary annexation if the city could lower the speed...[More]
County approves Saker Towing conditional use permit - Sep. 22, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net During Monday’s Linn County Commissioners’ meeting, County Counselor Gary Thompson addressed a proposed conditional use permit (CUP) for a tow lot for Saker Towing located in the growth area north of Pleasanton...[More]
USD 362 discusses county SRO request - Sep. 22, 2021
District leader suggests reciprocal funding for vocational program BY TONY FURSE LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM Unified School District 362 leaders have decided to put a Linn County Commission request for school resource officer (SRO) vehicle funding on the back...[More]
New IRS plan in $3.5 trillion spending package opens consumer checking accounts to federal oversight - Sep. 15, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net Consumers beware as President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package advances through Congress as much of the cost will come from new oversight on personal checking accounts. The oversight involves monitoring individual...[More]
Pleasanton to be FSCC trade school location - Sep. 15, 2021
Former Cox Motor Co. building, potential site for school By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net Entering executive session for data relating to partnerships, the Pleasanton City Council spent 50 minutes discussing a partnership with USD 344 to bring a Fort...[More]
State withdraws plea offer on Martin case - Sep. 15, 2021
A hearing at Linn County District Court for 2019-CR-000210, State of Kansas versus Lonnie Shane Martin, was held Friday afternoon for a no go preliminary where Assistant County Attorney Justin Meeks informed District Judge Terri Johnson that the state was withdrawing any plea offer they had made...[More]
SPECIAL: K-152 section closed Sept. 14 - Sep. 10, 2021
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) plans to close a section of K-152 in Linn County to replace a crossroad pipe on Tuesday, Sept. 14. K-152 will be closed from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. between K-7 and Keitel Road. Traffic should use alternate routes during the closure. Persons...[More]
SPECIAL: Never forget - Sep. 8, 2021
Sept. 11, 2001, was marked indelibly in the minds and the memories of the American people. It was a day of tragedy that unfolded on every television channel, every computer and every radio, as the nation watched and listened as the day unfolded in terror. For people of New York City who watched...[More]
County attorney responds to recent articles and public outcry - Sep. 8, 2021
Linn County Attorney Burton Harding took to the podium at the weekly meeting of the Linn County Commissioners on Tuesday morning, Sept. 7, to respond to articles printed in last week’s edition of the Linn County News. Harding read to the commissioners a 4½ page letter regarding those recent...[More]
