Commissioner questions payment on mowing contract - Aug. 2, 2023
Following a request for a five minute executive session for legal matters with Levi Fyock, the owner of Scarecrow Farms Lawn Care, Commissioner Jim Johnson asked what took the county employees a year and a half to figure out the station wasn’t being mowed by the contractor but it was being billed. EDA...[More]
Ground breaking held for Linn Valley water tower - Aug. 2, 2023
Construction on Linn Valley’s new water tower began in earnest this week. A contract in the amount of $1,551,700 to supply and construct the water tower was awarded to Caldwell Tanks, Inc. in Louisville, Ken. The contract price includes all material and labor construction. Work on painting...[More]
Heat advisory issued for remainder of week - Jul. 26, 2023
According to the National Weather Service (NWS) online map, the majority of Kansas, all of Missouri, nearly half of Nebraska and a good portion of Oklahoma will all be under a heat advisory as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 26 that will run through 9 p.m. on Friday, July 28. The NWS is expecting rising...[More]
USD 362 to sell second vo-ed house - Jul. 26, 2023
Prairie View Unified School District 362 will make a second vocational education house available for sale. The unanimous decision came at the board of education’s monthly July 10 meeting. The house is the second and final of two that have been built along La Cygne’s 300 block of South Sixth...[More]
Commissioners question increase to budget for ambulance service - Jul. 26, 2023
During the regular meeting on Monday, July 24, commissioners asked several questions of Galen Anderson with AMR in regard to a requested increase in the budget for the ambulance service for 2024. The budget was presented last week by County Clerk David Lamb as a line item budget with a $204,500 increase...[More]
Parker approves 2 bid awards - Jul. 26, 2023
Parker city leaders have approved the awarding of bids relating to the sale of a city-owned building and to construction of an access ramp along Main Street. Both votes of 3-1, with Jody Bloodgood dissenting and Kandice Higgins not present, occurred during last Thursday’s special council meeting,...[More]
La Cygne okays police SUV outfitting - Jul. 19, 2023
Discussion leads to upcoming therapy K9 commissioning La Cygne city leaders have approved an estimated $21,219.60 to outfit the city’s new police vehicle, a 2023 Dodge Durango. At their regular meeting July 5, the council accepted the standard package estimate as submitted through Multiplicity,...[More]
USD 362 changes meeting time - Jul. 19, 2023
Prairie View Unified School District 362 board of education is changing its monthly meeting day. During fiscal year 2023-24 items of organization and appointments at their July 10 monthly meeting, the board agreed to change its meeting time to the third Tuesday of each month, starting with their 7 p.m....[More]
Commissioners discuss building usage - Jul. 19, 2023
Commissioners took time Monday to discuss building projects with Public Works Administrator Shaun West. The topic began with the new senior center in Pleasanton and a painting cost. Commissioner Jim Johnson asked about costs so far on the building. West noted that for doorways, they had used doorways...[More]
Commissioners accept revisions on new zoning and subdivision regulations - Jul. 12, 2023
Linn County Commissioners and those attending the July 5 special meeting of the commission, with Commissioner Jason Hightower attending via teleconference, heard from Jim Kaup, the attorney from Topeka who was hired to rewrite the zoning and subdivision regulations for Linn County. Kaup began by giving...[More]
