Prairie View responds to suspicious threat - Mar. 7, 2018
Suspicious writing found Thursday at Prairie View High School regarding a threat toward the school Friday resulted in a major law enforcement presence and low student attendance.A joint investigation between Unified School District 362 and the Linn County Sheriff’s Department continues this week...[More]
Betty Jane O’Brien 07-14-1934 to 02-27-2018 - Mar. 6, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished March 7, 2018Betty Jane (Massey) O’Brien, 83, of Louisburg, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo.Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2018, with the Celebration of Life service following at 7 p.m. at...[More]
Seagrens strike plea deal - Feb. 28, 2018
By BARBARA PROFFITTLinn County News barbara@linncountynews.netJust days prior to what was to be a five-day long trial on charges brought against Chris and Suzanne Seagren, a plea deal was made on amended counts and entered into court record.According to documents filed in the Linn County District Court...[More]
County law enforcement earns AAA award - Feb. 28, 2018
The Linn County Sheriff’s Department has received an exclusive AAA auto club award.At Monday’s board of county commissioners meeting, Bob Hamilton, law enforcement liaison for the Kansas Department of Transportation, presented the department as a silver award recipient in AAA’s 2017...[More]
USD 362 approves activity bus order - Feb. 21, 2018
Unified School District 362 will place an order for an activity bus that will include a Prairie View Buffalo paint scheme. That purchase highlighted transportation and summer maintenance bid requests approved Feb. 12 at the monthly board of education meeting. At a price of $140,044, the 2018...[More]
Fire destroys Linn Valley house - Feb. 21, 2018
Linn County fire departments were called to the scene of a house fire at Linn Valley at approximately 4 p.m. last Friday afternoon. La Cygne and Linn Valley fire stations, among others, responded to the fire that fully engulfed the manufactured house. Homeowner Sarah Bates said she heard a noise...[More]
Wreck on U.S. 69 sends 2 to hospital - Feb. 21, 2018
A vehicle traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 69 on Friday, Feb. 16, left the roadway, landing overturned in a small grove of trees to the east of the highway. Richard Ryder, age 70, of Arma, told responding emergency personnel he was traveling north just after 10 a.m. when he had a coughing...[More]
La Cygne community garden looking for volunteers - Feb. 14, 2018
The La Cygne Methodist Church Community Garden set down roots last spring. With that, a lot of vegetables and produce were grown, and much was learned on how to run a community garden.Pat Berglund and Loretta Teagarden worked together on the endeavor and learned that good help is a must as they ended...[More]
Morrell new Sugar Valley Lakes/Hidden Valley Lakes manager - Feb. 14, 2018
Blue Mound native and member of the first graduating class from Jayhawk-Linn High School in 1973, Richard Morrell, has come home to his roots to take over the job as manager of Sugar Valley Lakes/Hidden Valley Lakes (SVL/HVL).Richard and his wife Kerry (Barnes) Morrell, moved back from Lincoln, Neb.,...[More]
Bond set at $1 million in second case against former SRO - Feb. 14, 2018
Appearing in Linn County District Court on Tuesday, Feb. 13, for a no-go preliminary hearing on initial charges filed on 2018-CR-000001 against him, David Allen Huggins also had his first appearance on 2018-CR-000029, a new case with two new charges levied against him.With his counsel, Zach Thomas, present...[More]
