SPECIAL: Pleasanton Budget Hearing Aug. 5 - Jul. 31, 2020
It was reported that the Pleasanton City Council annexation meeting is scheduled for Aug. 5, that is incorrect. The Budget Hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5, the annexation meeting has not been scheduled yet....[More]
Commissioners opt to leave mask decision to school boards - Jul. 29, 2020
On Monday, July 20, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly issued Executive Order No. 20-59 ordering all K-12 students and faculty to wear masks when returning to school for the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. The order followed Executive Order No. 20-58 which mandated that no public school would open...[More]
SPECIAL: Campaign finance reports released for candidates - Jul. 29, 2020
The deadline for county candidates to list income and expenses for their political campaigns was Monday, July 27. All candidates filed a report that was sent to County Clerk David Lamb except reports for Commissioners Danny McCullough, Mike Page, Commissioner candidate Charlene Sims. They filed...[More]
SPECIAL: County releases attorney-client privileged documents to public - Jul. 29, 2020
Opens county to potential litigation The story of abuse of power and county cover-up began last year when the well-known video of County Attorney James Brun commenting on the rudeness of the architect to Brun’s employees was released to the public, a video that only two people would have known...[More]
County explains quarantine and terms associated with it - Jul. 22, 2020
Following last week’s quarantine of a Pleasanton couple and their subsequent habeas corpus to try to remove the quarantine, Linn County issued a Statement of Policy from the Linn County Board of Health to try to clarify terms and practices used so far. County Commissioner Chairman Danny McCullough...[More]
Citizens voice opposition, questions of Pleasanton annexation plan - Jul. 22, 2020
After sending out a “survey”/notice to 68 property owners that the city of Pleasanton intended to annex their property, six of those owners spoke in opposition to the annexation and asked several questions of the City Council Monday evening. Letting the onlookers that packed the council...[More]
Linn County up to 26 virus cases, party blamed - Jul. 22, 2020
Last week, Linn County reported 18 cases of COVID-19; after a party in Anderson County, 26 cases have been confirmed with one person still in the hospital. The party and subsequent virus cases caused school districts to scramble in how they handled graduation this past Saturday. Jayhawk-Linn held a...[More]
SPECIAL: COVID-19 Cluster Associated with Local Gathering - Jul. 17, 2020
COVID-19 Cluster Associated with Local Gathering During an investigation of multiple positive COVID-19 cases, the Linn County Health Department discovered that several individuals attended the same party. The party took place on July 11th in rural Garnett, Kansas. The party did not have a specified...[More]
USD 362 plans reopening using surveys, state guidance - Jul. 15, 2020
Prairie View Unified School District 362 is considering plans for reopening their schools next month in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. At Monday’s monthly board of education meeting, Rex Bollinger, Ed.D., district superintendent, reported the purchase of safety equipment and shared findings...[More]
Local man ordered into quarantine after potential COVID exposure Sheriff and County Attorney release statement on man’s rights - Jul. 15, 2020
Following potential exposure to COVID-19 at a Fourth of July picnic, a Pleasanton man was placed in quarantine despite his having no positive test for the virus. Ian Peery’s story appeared on KCTV5 News this past weekend after he was apparently called by the Linn County Health Department who demanded...[More]
