KCC gas audit proves costly for La Cygne - Nov. 8, 2017
Expenditures to correct two problems cited in a recent Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) natural gas system inspection will cost La Cygne more than $25,000. Such was the unanimous decision of La Cygne’s City Council after hearing during their regular meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 1, of recent...[More]
Water project update includes asphalt cut clarification - Nov. 8, 2017
Asphalt patching of remaining street cuts made during Phase I of La Cygne’s $5.03 million water distribution system improvement project may go unfinished this winter. That was the clarification issued by Brett Waggoner, design engineer and project manager for BG Consultants, Inc., at the...[More]
Linn County News Sweepstakes winners announced - Nov. 1, 2017
The winners of the Linn County News yearly sweepstakes were announced with Peggy Servos, Fontana, winning the $250 grand prize. The $50 winners were Kim Johanning, Prescott, Venita Miller, Kincaid, James Melvin, Mound City, Terry Tucker, Pleasanton, and Evelyn Taylor, Mound City. The secondary prize...[More]
Muddy fields slow county soybean harvest - Nov. 1, 2017
Wet fields are slowing this year’s fall soybean harvest. “It’s muddy out in the fields,” Norman Masoner, manager of Beachner Grain, Inc., Mound City, said. Brian Lueker, Linn County executive director for the federal Farm Service Agency, lays the blame on October weekend...[More]
Plane emergency-lands on Pleasanton Airport - Nov. 1, 2017
Sometimes things don’t go as planned, but people still know they’re blessed. And that was the case with Father William Anton who had to emergency-land his newly purchased 1980 Mooney plane on Friday, Oct. 20. Father Bill, as he’s referred to, purchased his plane that had 1,070...[More]
Cashier check to replace bonding for new La Cygne park shelter house - Oct. 25, 2017
La Cygne’s City Council approved allowing the La Cygne/Lincoln Township Park Board to use a cashier’s check to self-insure its upcoming City Park shelter house construction project.On a 4-0 vote, with Danny Curtis absent, the council approved the change, superseding the 26-year-old Administrative...[More]
Consumer Alert: 2018 open enrollment considerations include shortened period, network designations - Oct. 25, 2017
TOPEKA – Kansas consumers making choices on health insurance for 2018 need to be aware of the shortened open enrollment period and possible changes in network providers, according to Ken Selzer, CPA, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance. The shorter open enrollment period for the 2018 plan year begins...[More]
Mull pleads guilty to aggravated criminal sodomy - Oct. 25, 2017
Following his arrest April 1, for three counts, including rape, Wesley E. Mull, Mapleton, pleaded guilty to the second count – aggravated criminal sodomy, with person/animal by force – on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Linn County District Court.Count 1 – rape, sexual intercourse without...[More]
La Cygne mayor casts deciding vote on policy change - Oct. 18, 2017
La Cygne Mayor Robert Sullivan broke a 2-2 deadlock, casting a third dissenting vote that retains compensation time as a part of the city’s personnel policy.The discussion and vote came as an added “Other Business” agenda item at Monday’s regular council meeting that followed...[More]
Centerville sewer district asks for fee clarification - Oct. 18, 2017
Clarification on the length of time Centerville sewer district users will pay a $24 monthly connection fee prompted a budget-estimate response at the Oct. 10 Linn County Commission meeting, delayed one day because of the Oct. 9 Monday Columbus Day government holiday.Christine Kossow, lead spokesperson...[More]
