Parker mayor resigns from post - Sep. 18, 2024
Council adopts 2025 budget Ashley Balthazor has resigned as Parker mayor, effective last Friday. Prior to adjournment at last Thursday’s monthly council meeting, Balthazor made the announcement. She cited full-time work and family obligations as reasons that would limit the time she could...[More]
Sheriff Kevin Friend resigns position - Sep. 11, 2024
Word was received Thursday, Sept. 5 from Linn County Clerk David Lamb that he had received the resignation of Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend that morning effective Sunday, Sept. 22. Friend wrote in his letter of resignation, “To: Governor Laura Kelly Citizens of Linn County Linn...[More]
Pleasanton to sell lot at 9th & Main - Sep. 11, 2024
Sets Stars & Stripes date After a request from a citizen to purchase the lot located on the northeast corner of 9th and Main Street in Pleasanton, the council voted 4-1 to accept sealed bids on the lot. A notice in this week’s Linn County News explains that the city will accept sealed...[More]
La Cygne business, citizen voice public complaints - Sep. 11, 2024
City leaders commend chief for increased police presence For a second straight council meeting, representation from La Cygne business Wagon Wheel Steakhouse and Lounge, 602 Market, have lodged public complaints to city leaders about the number of police stops in front of the restaurant. Where...[More]
Pleasanton Saddle Club member dies in horse accident - Sep. 4, 2024
Sheriff Kevin Friend reported that on Friday, August 30, 2024, just after 11 p.m., the Linn County Sheriff’s Communication Division received a call from a citizen reporting an injury at the Pleasanton Saddle Club, located at 10297 Scott Rd. It was reported by bystanders that a horse was out of...[More]
USD 362 approves daycare policies - Sep. 4, 2024
Three separate policies for Unified School District 362’s new pre-school daycare have been adopted unanimously by its board of education. At their monthly meeting Aug. 20, the Prairie View board okayed three separate policies concerning the daycare’s employees, food service, and children...[More]
La Cygne adopts 2025 city budget - Sep. 4, 2024
La Cygne municipal leaders have adopted their 2025 city budget. At their regular meeting Aug. 21, the council voted 4-1, with David Brenneman dissenting, to approve the budget as published. Brenneman said he objected to the process of developing the budget. Though the city’s mill levy rate will...[More]
La Cygne council rejects new stop signs - Aug. 28, 2024
Police chief finds less expensive school signal lights La Cygne’s municipal governing board has turned down a suggestion to place new stop signs along North 4th Street. The motion to empower a single new four-way stop at the intersection of 4th and Lincoln was defeated on a 3-2 vote,...[More]
Commissioner questions KORA process - Aug. 28, 2024
At the end of the Aug. 26 meeting Commissioner Jim Johnson asked County Clerk David Lamb who was involved in gathering the information put out in the KORA request, noting some of it was private information and should not have been put out. Lamb noted that he, IT Director Chris Martin and the Sheriff’s...[More]
USD 362 reschedules budget hearings - Aug. 28, 2024
Board finds discrepancies between published budget, KSDE guide Prairie View Unified School District 362 has rescheduled its annual required budget hearings for Sept. 17. At their originally scheduled hearing(s) Aug. 20, the board of education and central administration found that correct budget...[More]
