USD 362 board accepts roofing, telephone system bids - Oct. 29, 2025
Prairie View Unified School District 362’s board of education awarded unanimously bids both for a roofing and a telephone system upgrade at its Oct. 21 monthly meeting. The roof is the first of a four-phase plan for replacement above the high school, this first one above the gymnasium and the...[More]
Pleasanton council passes motion, gives hiring power to police chief - Oct. 29, 2025
During the Monday night meeting of the Pleasanton City Council, council member Aaron Portmann read a prepared statement regarding recent events and actions at the meetings held previously and then moved to have the city attorney draft an ordinance granting the power of appointment to the City Police...[More]
Former Zoning Administrator explains KORA requests - Oct. 22, 2025
During the weekly meeting on Monday, Oct. 20, the Linn County Commissioners heard from former county employee Darin Wilson who served previously as the Planning and Zoning Administrator. Wilson told commissioners that the KORA (Kansas Open Records Act) requests he had made were not done in order to harass...[More]
Pleasanton Council overrides mayor veto on firefighter appointments - Oct. 22, 2025
The Pleasanton Council met at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday and Councilman Aaron Portmann immediately read a prepared statement concerning Ordinance 2065 that Mayor Mathew Young vetoed that tried to take appointment of firefighters from the mayor and put it on the fire chief, then they would...[More]
Snyder appointed Linn County Register of Deeds - Oct. 22, 2025
Following the retirement of long-time Linn County Register of Deeds Kristy Schmitz, the Linn County Republican Central Committee held a convention Sunday to appoint a new Register of Deeds. Central Committee Chair Becky Johnson held the role call of committee people and 20 of 23 were present, more than...[More]
Blue Mound to apply for KDHE loan for sewer project - Oct. 22, 2025
On Monday, Oct. 6, council members for the city of Blue Mound opened their regular monthly meeting. At 6:15 p.m., the council opened a special hearing concerning the State Revolving Loan Fund Program through Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). After discussion among council members,...[More]
Souza resigns county clerk post - Oct. 15, 2025
Linn County’s county clerk is resigning. At the weekly Linn County Commission meeting Tuesday morning, delayed a day because of Monday’s governmental Columbus Day holiday, Danielle Souza spoke during the public comment agenda section of her intention to resign the post on Nov. 1. In a prepared...[More]
Farmers State Bank under new ownership - Oct. 15, 2025
Time moves on and things change – and the banking world is not exempt from those changes. When Farmers State Bank owner Dale Sprague passed away in August of 2024, his wife Janice and family made those changes when they sold the three banks this fall to Citizen Bank owner’s Randy and Lisa...[More]
Linn Valley council updated on water, lagoon projects - Oct. 15, 2025
Linn Valley city council held its first meeting of the month on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Mayor Lewis Donelson began the meeting by asking city employees present at the meeting to stand up front and introduce themselves and state their job title. The mayor continued by thanking employees of the...[More]
Suit filed in Sunshine Meadows building permit case - Oct. 8, 2025
A court case has been filed in the 6th Judicial District in Linn County by Parker resident Jan Longenecker and 26 other plaintiffs against the Board of Zoning Appeals of Linn County to revoke building permits issued by the acting Zoning Administrator Ben Souza. Souza has since been released from...[More]
