La Cygne to pursue possible sewer rehabilitation project - Jun. 26, 2019
La Cygne’s City Council has given the green light for pursuing the next steps toward a wastewater system rehabilitation/replacement project. A meeting of city representatives and their contracted engineering firm with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the potential project’s...[More]
Budgets main topic of commissioners’ day - Jun. 26, 2019
The County Commissioners held a long meeting Monday morning that dealt mainly with department budgets and approving a resolution to allow the architect to proceed with bidding for the Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center. Budgets began with Sheriff Paul Filla explaining to the commissioners...[More]
Resolution approved, Law Enforcement and Judicial Center bidding begins - Jun. 26, 2019
Carrying a stack of previous Linn County Law Enforcement and Judicial Center and Government Administration Center drawings for new District 2 Commissioner Danny McCullough, Goldberg Group Architects (GGA) president Larry Goldberg said he’d blocked out time to bring McCullough...[More]
Maxwell attorney withdraws despite objections from County Attorney - Jun. 19, 2019
Following four separate continuances of arraignment hearings for Shawn Maxwell since Jan. 1, for various reasons, the defendant and his attorney, Richard Fisher, appeared in Linn County District Court on Monday, June 3, and requested yet another continuance, noting the filing of a request to...[More]
Calculations show county saved $9.4 million in interest - Jun. 19, 2019
Joey McLiney, president of McLiney & Co., informed the County Commissioners that they actually saved $9,446,234.54 in interest on the Linn County Law Enforcement Center project financing not using USDA or the interim financing they would have required. The county’s...[More]
Parker patron seeks action on city eyesore properties - Jun. 19, 2019
A Parker citizen is seeking city action on eyesore properties. At the Thursday, June 13, regular council meeting, Tim Griffin, 129 W. Kimball, referenced the town’s June 8 citywide cleanup. “Free has always been good to me but a lot did not take advantage of the...[More]
Steven Louis Finley 05-24-1966 to 06-15-2019 - Jun. 17, 2019
Steven Louis Finley 05-24-1966 to 06-15-2019 Linn County News Published June 19, 2019 Steven Louis Finley, age 53, of Nevada, Mo., passed away at his home on Saturday, June 15, 2019. He was born in Nevada, Mo., on May 24, 1966, the son of Byron and Frances Barker Finley. He graduated...[More]
Wanda Sheppard 06-10-1926 to 01-08-2019 - Jun. 14, 2019
Wanda Sheppard 06-10-1926 to 01-08-2019 Linn County News Published June 19, 2019 Wanda Sheppard went to be with the Good Shepherd Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the age of 92, in Lesterville, Mo. She was born June 10, 1926, to the late Demcy Raymond Smith and Cordella (Barton)...[More]
Jack Edward Scott 01-22-1925 to 06-10-2019 - Jun. 12, 2019
Jack Edward Scott 01-22-1925 to 06-10-2019 Linn County News Published June 19, 2019 Jack Edward Scott, age 94, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, June 10, 2019, at the Medicalodges of Fort Scott. He was born Jan. 22, 1925, in Fort Scott, the son of William...[More]
Lloyd Eugene “Gene†Dixon 10-31-1938 to 06-11-2019 - Jun. 12, 2019
Lloyd Eugene “Gene” Dixon 10-31-1938 to 06-11-2019 Linn County News Published June 19, 2019 Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Dixon, age 80, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at his home. He was born on Oct. 31, 1938, in Chanute, Kan., the son...[More]
