USD 362 board hears positive results from spring state tests - Sep. 24, 2025
Students score higher than state averages in high-level new-test math quadrants Prairie View Unified School District 362’s board of education heard positive results from scoring on last spring’s new state assessment testing at their Sept. 16 monthly meeting. Joseph Hornback, Ed.D.,...[More]
Special: Rep. Derek Schmidt now accepting applications for U.S. Military Academy nominations - Sep. 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) announced today that his office is now accepting applications from Kansas students seeking nominations to attend the United States military service academies for the Class of 2030. Each year, Members of Congress may nominate a limited...[More]
Pleasanton council votes 2-2 on RNR, budget - Sep. 17, 2025
The Pleasanton City Council met on Monday, Sept. 15, and began the meeting with a hearing on the revenue neutral rate (RNR) followed by the budget hearing. With no one in the audience coming forward to speak on either, the hearings were opened and closed without incident and Mayor Mathew Young then...[More]
Mine Creek Battlefield bridge ribbon cutting this weekend - Sep. 17, 2025
JLHS sophomore Aron Coleman is not new to community projects; this time he’s completed a bridge for his Eagle Scout badge so those using trails at Mine Creek Battlefield can traverse from one side of Mine Creek to the other. The ribbon cutting commemorating the new bridge will be held Saturday,...[More]
USD 346 to exceed RNR; approves budget - Sep. 17, 2025
During the revenue neutral hearing and the budget hearing for the district on Sept. 8, the USD 346 Board of Education voted to approve the superintendents’ recommendation to exceed revenue neutral with a proposed mill rate of 54.144. The board then approved the proposed 2025-2026 budget...[More]
SPECIAL: Mound City resident killed in Allen County crash - Sep. 11, 2025
On Sept. 9, just after 5:30 p.m., emergency personnel were called to the scene of a two-car collision on U.S. Highway 169 just south of Humboldt, Kan., in Allen County. According to reports filed by the Kansas Highway Patrol, Morgan Wakefield of Mound City, was driving a 2011 Chevy Malibu northbound...[More]
Property taxes and how they work - Sep. 10, 2025
In Kansas, there is a definitive process for determining what the property taxes are on any given piece of property. Did you know that according to SmartAsset.com Linn County has the second lowest property tax average in the entire state? According to information available on their website, the average...[More]
Pleasanton Fire Department personnel hiring questioned - Sep. 10, 2025
What started out as a department update from Pleasanton Fire Chief Jeff Wisdom, turned into a showdown between councilmembers and the mayor in who was hired as volunteer firefighters in Pleasanton. Wisdom informed the council he was beginning training for new firefighters September through December...[More]
Commission ‘bares’ down to pass public nudity ban - Sep. 10, 2025
Linn County commissioners passed a resolution banning public nudity at its Sept. 2 weekly meeting, delayed a day for the governmental Labor Day holiday. Resolution No. 2025-16, enacted on a 2-0 vote with Alison Hamilton not present, forbids nudity on public property or outside the home on private property...[More]
Paris Township voting location to move to Mound City - Sep. 3, 2025
Citing low voter turnout at the Farlinville voting location, and cost savings, County Clerk Danielle Souza is closing the location and moving Paris Township voters to the Linn County Courthouse Annex, 306 Main St., Mound City beginning with the Nov. 4 election. Souza said, “I’m not taking...[More]
