La Cygne grocery store closes - May. 15, 2019
Last week, Moon’s Hometown Market in La Cygne unofficially closed its doors. “I am still here, doing some things to the building, trying to sell off the last of my inventory,” said owner Mike Moon, “and while I’m here I keep the door open so if anyone...[More]
USD 362 selects construction manager for vo-ag addition - May. 15, 2019
Nabholz Corp., Lenexa, has been unanimously selected as Unified School District 362’s construction manager for the upcoming Prairie View High vocational-agriculture addition. At the board’s regular monthly meeting Monday night, Rex Bollinger, district superintendent,...[More]
Industrial hemp now a Linn County crop - May. 15, 2019
You won’t get high on it, but you could be wearing clothing made from it or using products made with it – that’s industrial hemp, now legal to be grown in Kansas, and local landowners are taking advantage of the newly enacted legislation that allows the plant to be grown commercially. Linn...[More]
County Republican Central Committee to hold ‘Save the Babies’ planning session - May. 8, 2019
You don’t have to be Republican to attend the next Linn County Republican Central Committee meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Mound City’s Bunker Hill Community Center, Sixth and Main. Following the approval of dismemberment abortion by six radical Kansas Supreme...[More]
Pleasanton man killed in Miami County wreck - May. 8, 2019
Just before 1 p.m. Sunday, May 5, Miami County Sheriff’s Office deputies, firefighters and emergency responders were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident on 319th Street just west of Victory Road in Paola involving a motorcycle and a multi-passenger car. According...[More]
Bond agent, architect ask for $500,000 more for law enforcement center - May. 8, 2019
In what was commented on by the County Commissioners on Monday as being a surprise move to them, bond agent Joey McLiney of McLiney and Co. reported he’d had a discussion with Goldberg Group Architects president Larry Goldberg that construction costs were, as he predicted last year,...[More]
BREAKING NEWS - May. 3, 2019
UPDATE: Investigation into Butler, Mo., death crosses state line By BARBARA PROFFITT Linn County News barbara@linncountynews.net The Butler Police Department in Butler, Mo. recovered the body of 69-year-old Cindy McCoy, of Butler, in a vehicle that was pulled from the...[More]
BREAKING NEWS - May. 2, 2019
UPDATE: Samantha McCoy was detained by a team from the Linn County Sheriffs Office around 6 p.m. this evening, Thursday, May 2, at Sugar Valley Lake. Details to come. Investigation into Butler, Mo., death crosses state line By BARBARA PROFFITT Linn County News barbara@linncountynews.net The...[More]
La Cygne hears possible sewer project options - May. 1, 2019
Council to mull rate increase; engineers to draft PER La Cygne’s city leaders will contemplate a sewer rate increase, and its engineering firm will write a preliminary engineer’s report (PER). Those are among the next steps toward La Cygne’s determination on whether...[More]
Storm leaves damage across two counties - May. 1, 2019
Flash flooding a concern for the week A storm system that moved through Linn and Miami counties early Monday morning, April 29, left damage in its wake in both counties. Damages In Linn County, the storm took out approximately 15 power line poles between the Kansas Department...[More]
