City fathers address La Cygne water plant items - Jan. 8, 2020
La Cygne city leaders addressed several items pertaining to its water treatment plant last Thursday. Though many of the issues were anticipatory or informational, the council did unanimously act to extend the contract for Stewart Kasper, certified water operator, through June....[More]
Request to close Mound City alley for law enforcement building tabled - Jan. 8, 2020
During the Monday, Jan. 6, City Council meeting of Mound City a request from Gary Thompson was presented. The request is for the closing of the alley just north of the property allocated for the new Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center. The council briefly discussed...[More]
Child rape case filed in Linn County District Court - Jan. 8, 2020
Subject arrested now out on bond Charges were filed in Linn County District Court in Mound City on Dec. 17, charging Lonnie Shane Martin, age 31, Pleasanton, also known as Shane Martin, with two criminal counts. Those two charges, as filed in Linn County District Court...[More]
K-9 Cindy receives tearful end of service walk - Jan. 8, 2020
Dogs have a way of bonding themselves to an owner’s heart like cement, and it was no different for K-9 Police Service Dog Cindy and Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Tanner Ogden. Suffering from arthritis and being almost blind, Cindy was still a faithful companion...[More]
McCoy’s hearing continued - Jan. 1, 2020
Samantha McCoy appeared in Bates County Circuit Court in Butler, Mo., on Monday, Dec. 16, with her defense attorney, Jason Speer, in a case that was continued from Nov. 8 when she formally waived her right to a preliminary hearing. McCoy’s attorney requested a continuance,...[More]
Flores plea hearing continued due to error - Jan. 1, 2020
Joseph Flores was scheduled to appear in court on Monday, Dec. 23, to enter a plea in a deal entered into in November following the filing of five new cases against him in Linn County District Court in Mound City. Formal entry of the plea was set for Monday, Dec. 23, but had...[More]
Commissioners transact year-end budget business - Jan. 1, 2020
Special amendment hearing is among otherwise routine Dec. 23 items Among otherwise routine business, the Linn County Commission acted on year-end budget adjustments at their weekly Dec. 23 meeting. During a budget amendment hearing resulting in no public attendance nor comment,...[More]
Potential cost overage vexes La Cygne leaders - Dec. 25, 2019
Phase II closed out, water plant upgrade items now the issue La Cygne city fathers officially closed out Phase II of the $5.88 million water distribution system improvement project at the council’s regular meeting last Wednesday, Dec. 18. What really got the attention,...[More]
Santa actually does live in Pleasanton - Dec. 25, 2019
Bill Hein, Pleasanton, has been Santa in these parts and beyond for over 30 years. “The first time I was asked to play Santa was in the mid-‘80s by a friend in Kansas City who owned a fried chicken place,” recalled Hein of the beginnings of three decades...[More]
West gets second ‘interim’ La Cygne post - Dec. 25, 2019
Kurtis West, La Cygne police corporal, has been given another “interim” position. First named interim police chief at the council’s Dec. 4 meeting, West received approval to be the city’s interim codes officer at the regular council meeting last Wednesday,...[More]
