La Cygne gas customers may see rate decrease - Jun. 11, 2025
KMGA rates manager presents review, design proposal La Cygne natural gas customers might be seeing a future rate decrease as a result of a report heard at last Wednesday’s regular council meeting. Darren Prince, Kansas Municipal Gas Agency (KMGA) manager of regulatory rates, appeared...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 11, 2025
Riots It’s almost like Déjà vu from 2016 when Black Lives Matter and Antifa were hot and heavy disrupting major cities in the United States in what the media coined “mostly peaceful protests”; those protests left millions and millions in property damage, lives lost and...[More]
Pleasanton and Jayhawk baseball on the 2025 All TRL team - Jun. 11, 2025
The Pleasanton and Jayhawk Linn baseball teams each had a member/members of their team represented on this year’s Three Rivers League All League team. The Jays had two players make the first team in Mario Davis and Kamden Staton. The Hawks only had one player make All League in Clay Nichols...[More]
Jayhawk Linn softball has three All TRL unanimous selections - Jun. 11, 2025
The Jayhawk Linn softball team had three first team All Three Rivers League selections this season. As the current Three Rivers League champions the Lady Hawks’ Gracee Willard, Callie Holt and Kenzley Nation were voted to the first team by unanimous selection. Other unanimous selections this year...[More]
Maxine Breuel ~ 11-20-1926 to 06-07-2025 - Jun. 10, 2025
Linn County News Published June 11, 2025 Maxine Breuel, age 98, Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, June 7, 2025. She was born on Nov. 20, 1926, in Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Stacey and Ruth Ellis Furse. She graduated from Mound City High School in the Class of 1943. She then...[More]
Richard Paul Henderson ~ 07-26-1950 to 06-01-2025 - Jun. 6, 2025
Linn County News Published June 11, 2025 Richard Paul Henderson, age 74, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Sunday, June 1, 2025. He was born on July 26, 1950, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Charles and Lidea Morris Henderson. After graduating high school, Rich joined the United States Navy serving...[More]
Local roots bring couple back to familiar territory - Jun. 4, 2025
Continuing non-profit to aid handicapped children Coal mining has a long, rich history in Linn County; and with it, the families that forged lives and made the county what it is. Jefferson Davis (JD) Robinson is one of those coal mining names of past as he was instrumental in creating a coal...[More]
Commissioners form countywide consensus for automatic aid agreements - Jun. 4, 2025
City and county fire departments meet Following questions on automatic aid agreements from cities across the county, the commissioners held a workshop Monday, June 2 to form a consensus on what should be done. Rural Fire Department Chief Randy Hegwald explained to the commissioners...[More]
SPECIAL: Election cycle will not require primary - Jun. 4, 2025
Some races will see incumbents challenged An Aug. 5 primary will not be necessary for this year’s Linn County municipal and school board election cycle. As a result of Monday’s noon filing deadlline, the Nov. 4 general election features some races where incumbents will be...[More]
Blue Moon Youth Center to hold matinees this summer - Jun. 4, 2025
The Blue Moon Youth Center has announced they will be holding weekly movie matinees for the summer that will include lunch for those attending. According to Pastor Ben Bielenberg, with the Blue Mound Bible Church, this was offered last summer on a random basis and went over so well they decided to make...[More]
