Parker funds new officer gear - Feb. 22, 2023
Parker city leaders have granted up to $750 to fund equipment for their new part-time police officer. At a special council meeting called last Thursday to conduct necessary business when the regular Feb. 9 meeting was cancelled due to an anticipated lack of a quorum, approval of the funds will help...[More]
La Cygne hears stormwater, sewer reports - Feb. 22, 2023
La Cygne leaders heard a two-part stormwater report, as well as an update concerning the $6.261 million sewer rehabilitation project, from an engineering firm representative at their regular council meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 15. Via Zoom because of impending inclement weather, Abby Mills, water resources...[More]
SPECIAL: Prairie View FFA Chapter to celebrate FFA Week - Feb. 20, 2023
LaCygne, Kansas, February 4, 2023 The Prairie View FFA Chapter plans to kick off National FFA week with a variety of activities to help their community, school, and members. The Chapter will start the week-long celebration with a Shoot Out for Hunger on Friday 2/17 with a basketball shoot during the...[More]
SPECIAL: Make it Count at Fort Scott NHS This Weekend - Feb. 17, 2023
Fort Scott Kan. – Fort Scott National Historic Site will host free guided bird walks hourly from 9am through 3 pm, Friday, February 17, through Sunday, February 19, for the 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). A National Park Service Ranger will...[More]
USD 344 exploring daycare for staff and students - Feb. 15, 2023
Being innovative and providing a needed childcare program was on the discussion table for the board of USD 344 Monday night; Board President Tanner Ogden brought the issue forward during board member discussion and prompted the idea of creating a daycare or childcare for teachers or students. “It...[More]
Mound City council discusses, agrees to offer for walk-in hunting near lake - Feb. 15, 2023
The Mound City Council discussed an offer from WIHA (walk-in hunting access), a program through the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, noting they had originally approached the city about walk-in hunting using shotguns, rifles and archery to the east of the city lake for a payment of $42,000 and...[More]
Sandness to leave USD 362 June 30 - Feb. 15, 2023
For the second straight month, a Unified School District 362 administrator has received the board of education’s blessing to move on. In a standard acceptance vote on personnel at Monday’s monthly board meeting, the resignation request of Beth Sandness was accepted on a 6-0 vote, with Russell...[More]
Special: CDC adds COVID mRNA shots to childhood immunization schedule - Feb. 14, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has formally added the COVID-19 two-shot mRNA primary series injection to its routine immunization schedule for children as young as six months of age, despite the known harms. In October 2022, the CDC’s...[More]
SPECIAL: Harding resigns as county attorney effective end of March - Feb. 14, 2023
Linn County Attorney Burton Harding resigned his position with the county effective the last day of March, 2023, during the commissioners meeting on Monday, Feb. 13. Harding told commissioners that with four small children at home and a spouse with intermittent health issues coupled with the rising...[More]
Linn Fair Board member inducted to Fair Hall of Fame - Feb. 8, 2023
Linn County Fair Board member John Teagarden. LaCygne, was inducted into the Kansas Fairs & Festivals Association Hall of Fame at the 98th annual convention of the association January 28 in Topeka. The association, composed of county fair groups across Kansas, annually recognizes up...[More]
