Mound City ordinance for dilapidated houses discussed - Dec. 4, 2019
Discussion from last month concerning dilapidated houses and residents living with no water, electricity or sewer continued this month at their Monday meeting as the City Council of Mound City asked City Attorney Jesse Randall what he had found to tweak the current ordinance. The...[More]
County investigates purchase of former pharmacy further - Dec. 4, 2019
Following the suggestion by former District 2 County Commissioner Vicki Leonard to use the building constructed for Pleasanton Drug Co. as the Linn County Health Department site, the County Commissioners continued the discussion Monday at their meeting when they verified the square...[More]
La Cygne to assign more control to USDI - Nov. 27, 2019
City will maintain gas ownership, billing Pending legal review, La Cygne will enter a more comprehensive agreement with a Wichita natural gas engineering and utility services company. On a unanimous vote last Wednesday, Nov. 20, its City Council agreed to pursue a contract using Utility...[More]
BREAKING NEWS - Nov. 25, 2019
INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN The person portrayed in the attached pictures is a person of interest in a series of three auto thefts from Linn County which occurred throughout Linn County on the afternoon and into the evening of November 24, 2019. This individual is also suspected of a theft from the...[More]
The Well Armed Woman group transitioning to local women’s empowerment group - Nov. 20, 2019
After approximately one year under the belt of the national group The Well Armed Woman, organizers of the Linn County branch have decided to end their association with TWAW in hopes of being more responsive to Linn County women. TWAW is an Arizona organization that works to help...[More]
La Cygne man killed in one-vehicle accident - Nov. 20, 2019
Linn County emergency responders and a trooper with the Kansas Highway Patrol responded to the scene of a one-vehicle accident at the junction of Kansas Highway 152 and County Road 1095. According to a report filed with the Kansas Highway Patrol, Shawn A. Teagarden, 43, La Cygne,...[More]
Write-ins determine several county races - Nov. 20, 2019
Statistics show that write-in candidates don’t normally fare as well as a candidate whose name is on the ballot. The November election in Linn County broke that rule in several instances with write-in candidates taking home the gold several times. The Blue Mound City Council...[More]
La Cygne to pursue water chemical vendor change - Nov. 13, 2019
City clerk relays training vision on utility viability La Cygne will pursue a change in chemical vendors for their water treatment plant. That was the unanimous decision during the regular council meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 6, that included a utility-related vision...[More]
Few to be affected by USD 362 graduation tweak - Nov. 13, 2019
District sets out-of-state tuition, head lice treatment policies Few future Prairie View High graduates will be affected by an adjustment enacted Monday night by the Unified School District 362 board of education. Potential out-of-state students without family ties will also...[More]
La Cygne to review retail beer ordinance - Nov. 13, 2019
Local liquor retailer questions Dollar General cereal malt beverage expansion Whether city government has the right to deny an annual cereal malt beverage retail license application will be further examined at next week’s regular La Cygne council meeting. At their regular meeting...[More]
