NOTICE!!! Commissioner's meeting canceled next week - Nov. 8, 2019
Due to the Veterans Day Holiday and the annual KAC Conference, next week’s Commission Meeting has been canceled. The next Commission Meeting will be held on November 18th, with the Election Canvas starting at 9:30 AM on that date...[More]
Mound City discusses new floodplain plan - Nov. 6, 2019
As the City Council of Mound City waited for a quorum at their Monday meeting, they passed around a floodplain map just produced by the state of Kansas that enlarged the floodplain in and around the city. Discussion ensued about the last time floodwater hit certain areas...[More]
USD 362 board seeks further capital projects research - Nov. 6, 2019
Bollinger lists high school upgrades as first priority The Unified School District 362 board of education will await a report at this Monday’s 7 p.m. monthly meeting after directing its superintendent to compile additional information on possible future projects for the...[More]
Continued wet 2019 affects fall harvest progress, yields - Nov. 6, 2019
This wet year continuing into the autumn has created challenges for the fall crop harvest. “We’re not through harvest yet,” Brian Lueker, county executive director for the federal Farm Service Agency (FSA), said. “We’re doing the best that we can.” After...[More]
Sheriff increasing Advanced Correctional Healthcare time in jail - Oct. 30, 2019
Letting the Linn County Commissioners at their meeting know that on Monday there were a total of 33 prisoners in the county jail, Sheriff Kevin Friend said of those he had 21 in-house. He also reported that they had two medical transports, one to Miami County Medical Center for...[More]
First Impressions of Pleasanton 6 p.m. Nov. 7 - Oct. 30, 2019
All communities have difficulties viewing their surrounding as others – customers, visitors, potential residents, and potential businesses – see them. Our views are skewed by over-familiarization, a lack of differing perspectives, expectations, and a reluctance to be completely...[More]
Candidates vie for positions in election Nov. 5 - Oct. 30, 2019
Two in Pleasanton ineligible and unable to withdraw; write-in campaigns started by others With Election Day coming up next Tuesday, Nov. 5, let’s look at the persons registered to run for positions across the county. In the Pleasanton city election they have two candidates...[More]
Parker seeks scrapyard road remedy - Oct. 23, 2019
Recycling owner foresees court decision“We’ve got to do something.”In a nutshell, that was the summarization by Parker Mayor Wayne Burk of a road issue on Walnut Avenue south of South Street.Central to the discussion at the Oct. 10 monthly City Council meeting is the Recycling Services...[More]
Linn County Health Department to host countywide community baby shower - Oct. 23, 2019
The Linn County Health Department will be hosting a community baby shower from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the First Baptist Church, 8424 Paine Road, at the intersection of K-52 and Paine Road, Mound City. “We want everyone to come out and have some fun and perhaps go home with some of...[More]
Former sheriff vehicle purchase puts county over budget an additional $108,000 - Oct. 23, 2019
In a written report to the County Commissioners, new Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend updated them on the plight of the budget at the sheriff’s department.Part of his campaign pledge to the Linn County Republican Central Committee precinct people before his appointment was that he wanted to start...[More]
