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Wills appointed fourth councilman for PleasantonBy JACKIE TAYLOR The election and the death of Pleasanton Councilwoman A...
11/12/2025

Wills appointed fourth councilman for Pleasanton

By JACKIE TAYLOR

The election and the death of Pleasanton Councilwoman Angelina Randall left four seats open on the Pleasanton Council.

Voters kept Rochelle Schreckhise and chose Kenny Stark and Sandy Haynes to fill the open seat of Kimberly Herring and that of Aaron Portmann, who chose to run a last-minute write-in campaign.

The current council of three people, Portmann, Schreckhise and Bill Skipper met Monday night and with the first order of business from Mayor Mathew Young, were asked to appoint Alex Wills to the council.

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Write in votes upset some races after final tallyBy BARBARA PROFFITT Following last week’s election, the Linn County Ele...
11/12/2025

Write in votes upset some races after final tally

By BARBARA PROFFITT

Following last week’s election, the Linn County Elections Officer and the County Clerks’ staff went through and tallied the write-in votes for each race. Some of those races were upset by the final count while other openings were actually determined.

In La Cygne, three seats were listed as coming open on the City Council at the end of term and not a single candidate filed for that race. Those who will be filling those seats were determined by the write-in count with Robert Sullivan taking 10 votes; Oscar Marino taking nine votes; and Tommy Capp rounding it out with six write-in votes. Between them, the top three write-ins received 25 votes in total, yet 54 other write-in votes were cast in that race.

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Linn Valley bonds sell well, no tax increase for new fire truckBy GEORGE NUNNEMACHER The Linn Valley City Council held i...
11/12/2025

Linn Valley bonds sell well, no tax increase for new fire truck

By GEORGE NUNNEMACHER

The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2025, with Mayor Lew Donelson presiding and all council members present.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an opening prayer by Council Member John Weers. The minutes for the Oct. 13 regular council meeting and the Oct. 22 special meeting were then approved on a motion by Council President Robert Suppenbach. Also, on a motion by Suppenbach, the council approved the results of the city’s audit. Mayor Donelson stated that the city passed the audit “with flying colors.”

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Pleasanton fall trapshooting finishes fourth in conferenceAdam Holt The Pleasanton trap shooting team competed in the 20...
11/12/2025

Pleasanton fall trapshooting finishes fourth in conference

Adam Holt

The Pleasanton trap shooting team competed in the 2025 Kansas State High School Clay Target League fall season this year and did very well in their conference. The Jays competed in 1A Conference 4 and finished fourth as a team with a total of 1,879 points.

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Redfish fishing, a new world in fly fishingBy JACKIE TAYLOR My last foray with a fly-fishing group was several years ago...
11/12/2025

Redfish fishing, a new world in fly fishing

By JACKIE TAYLOR

My last foray with a fly-fishing group was several years ago when I went to Cordova, Alaska fly fishing for salmon. The venture that took me to La Hache, La. in October was with the same Women’s Fly-Fishing group out of Anchorage – but this time fishing for redfish on the Gulf of America.

The venture started when I was talking to my friend, Judy, about trips the women’s group offers and what a good time I’d had in the past. The relative-close proximity redfish trip came up and Judy and I committed to go with the group.

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Loss of seniors leads to Buff regional loss to end seasonBY TONY FURSEAs the waning full moon appeared above the horizon...
11/08/2025

Loss of seniors leads to Buff regional loss to end season

BY TONY FURSE

As the waning full moon appeared above the horizon to make its ascent over the Prairie View football field's northeast end zone Friday night, the continued playoff hopes for the host Buffalos in contrast descended, as Meriden-Jefferson West completed a Class 3-A regional-round comeback in a big way with a 49-14 win.
Onlookers might point to three plays which affected the status of three of eight available Buffalo seniors.
His Buffalos leading 14-0 near the end of the first quarter, all-state candidate Parker Schwarz appeared headed for a 60-yard touchdown run when he appeared to slow up with a possible hamstring issue near the Jeff West 10. Though hampered, Schwarz continued on, picking up enough yards to become the fourth all-time rushing leader in Kansas high school football history.
Then two plays within nine seconds of each other late in the first half turned the game's momentum significantly.
First, with the Buffalos up 14-7, quarterback Jay Muse went out after a third-down run near midfield with a shoulder injury. Muse was filling in for senior Wyatt Attebery, whose season ended the week previously in the bi-district round with a knee injury.
Then Joshua Goodwin was ejected on an alleged flagrant personal foul, the visiting Tigers a play later taking possession and scoring a touchdown on the half's final snap for a 14-all intermission deadlock.

Read the game's details, Coach Joe Cullor's insights, and the box score in next week's Nov. 12 Linn County News.

TONY ON THE ROAD: The farewell tour is now complete. I thank you over these past four seasons for checking out the weekend "Tony on the Roads." Look for a preview of border-neighbor Hume basketball teams prior to Thanksgiving and possibly a report on Jayhawk-Linn's Dec. 19 basketball games at Erie before this sportswriter retires his journalism "quill" for good. After that, see you all when I'm on the basketball mike at both Pleasanton and Jayhawk-Linn (or substituting in a pinch for James McCarthy at Prairie View) hopefully for years to come as long as the voice holds out--and I'm welcomed there.

11/07/2025

Just a reminder of our meal board , Neighbors loving. Neighbors. There are very specific options on the certificates for different size families. Remember we have a lot of people who may need these so be ever mindful to take one at a time. I will be placing more on the board in a couple of days

11/07/2025

The prayer vigil scheduled for Sunday, 3 p.m. in La Cygne has moved to the La Cygne Library Swan Room due to weather conditions. The prayer vigil is focused on su***de awareness and praying for those affected and bringing Jesus into lives.

Recent soaking rains still leave ponds short of waterFor commodities, beef remains high and grain prices lowBY TONY FURS...
11/05/2025

Recent soaking rains still leave ponds short of water

For commodities, beef remains high and grain prices low

BY TONY FURSE
LINN COUNTY NEWS
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Linn County’s K-State Extension and Research agent says not to be fooled yet that the recent span of six days of soaking rain has solved livestock pond water concerns.
Abbie Powell, Linn County agent for the Marais des Cygnes Extension district, said thus in reference to Oct. 24-29 rainfall which measured an average 1.78 inches at 11 Linn County personal weather stations registered with commercial real-time internet weather information service provider Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com). She admitted, though, that hard runoff rains would have helped ponds more than the slow soaking ones of a week ago.

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Ware appointed Linn County ClerkBy JACKIE TAYLORLinn County NewsJackielcn@gmail.comThe Linn County Republican Central Co...
11/05/2025

Ware appointed Linn County Clerk

By JACKIE TAYLOR
Linn County News
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The Linn County Republican Central Committee met at a convention called Saturday, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. for the purpose of appointing a new county clerk following the resignation of County Clerk Danielle Souza.
Two candidates threw their names in the hat including current Bourbon County Clerk Susan Walker, nominated by Dorene Thomas, and former Linn County Economic Development Director Chasity Ware who was nominated by Dezerae Poole.
Each candidate took time to introduce themselves to the 19 precinct people present, two proxies for absent precinct people were turned in.

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