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Commissioners review 900 Road issues with engineerBy BARBARA PROFFITTDuring the meeting on Monday, Dec. 16, the Linn Cou...
12/18/2024

Commissioners review 900 Road issues with engineer

By BARBARA PROFFITT

During the meeting on Monday, Dec. 16, the Linn County Commissioners in attendance spoke with Chad McCullough, a representative of Kaw Valley Engineering, on the issues with the 900 Road project that resulted when a portion of the road caved in following spring flooding.

C. McCullough gave a brief overview of the project and commissioners asked Public Works Administrator Shaun West for the total project cost when it was first brought to their attention. West noted the costs were estimated originally at $40,000 to $55,000, in total.

Commissioner Danny McCullough then asked how much had been spent on it to date and Road Operations Manager Jesse Walton replied it was over $70,000.

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12/18/2024

Emotions flare at ‘spirited’ Parker meeting

Disagreements arise between police force, president pro tem

BY TONY FURSE

Spirit was high at last Thursday’s monthly Parker council meeting--but not of the Yuletide variety.

Emotional disagreements occurred between the municipality’s police department and the two elected members of its council, most notably Cody Kiser, newly sworn-in police chief, and Gary Earley, council president pro tempore.

The results were two split votes among three taken during the evening for police-related items and another split vote for one that included the force, though not exclusively.

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County Clerk reads statement on discrepancy reported by auditorBy BARBARA PROFFITTAlmost at the end of the commissioners...
12/18/2024

County Clerk reads statement on discrepancy reported by auditor

By BARBARA PROFFITT

Almost at the end of the commissioners meeting on Monday, Dec. 16, commissioners asked County Clerk David Lamb to read into record the statement provided by Mark Hagen in regard to information they were given during the executive session last week.

Lamb read, “Last week, the county-retained auditor reported to us he had noted some irregularities in one of the county’s bank accounts.

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Kellstadt opens new business in Mound CityBy BARBARA PROFFITTAfter 29 years in health care practice, most recently at CH...
12/18/2024

Kellstadt opens new business in Mound City

By BARBARA PROFFITT

After 29 years in health care practice, most recently at CHCSEK, Rhonda Kellstadt, APRN, decided it was time to step away from the more regimented clinic setting and branch out in a different direction.

“It was just time for a change,” stated Kellstadt, who recently opened Dream Aesthetics and Wellness at 425 Main in Mound City.

“I’ve actually wanted to do this for several years,” she said.

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Jayhawk Linn girls’ basketball wins Linn County TournamentBY ADAM HOLTThe Jayhawk Linn girls’ basketball team traveled t...
12/18/2024

Jayhawk Linn girls’ basketball wins Linn County Tournament

BY ADAM HOLT

The Jayhawk Linn girls’ basketball team traveled to Prairie View on Dec. 10, 12-13 to compete in the annual Linn County Tournament. The Lady Hawks played Pleasanton, Osawatomie and Prairie View during those days and went 3-0 to capture the championship this season. Individual stats for Pleasanton and Prairie View will be in those team’s respective articles.

Their first game was against Pleasanton and the Lady Hawks had no trouble with the Lady Jays. They led 14-5 after one quarter and then led 21-10 at halftime. The second half is where the team really distanced themselves as they were up 44-15 after three quarters and ended up winning the game by 31, 47-16.

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Pleasanton boys’ basketball places second at Linn County TournamentBY ADAM HOLTThe Pleasanton boys’ basketball team trav...
12/18/2024

Pleasanton boys’ basketball places second at Linn County Tournament

BY ADAM HOLT

The Pleasanton boys’ basketball team traveled to Prairie View on Dec. 10, 11-12 to compete in the Linn County Tournament. The Jays did well and went 2-1 before falling to Osawatomie in the championship on Dec. 13 to place second overall. Individual stats for Jayhawk and Prairie View will be in their respective articles.

The Jays first faced Jayhawk on Dec. 10 and won that game on a big fourth quarter comeback, 49-43.

Jayhawk led all game and had their biggest lead at the end of the third quarter, 35-24. The fourth quarter was all Jays though thanks to great defense and great outside shooting Pleasanton was able to outscore the Hawks 25-8 in the fourth quarter to win the game 49-43.

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Prairie View girls’ basketball places second at Linn County TournamentBY ADAM HOLT The Prairie View girls’ basketball te...
12/18/2024

Prairie View girls’ basketball places second at Linn County Tournament

BY ADAM HOLT

The Prairie View girls’ basketball team hosted this year’s Linn County Tournament on Dec. 10, 12-13. The Lady Buffs did well as they went 2-1 in the tournament earning second place. Individual stats for Jayhawk and Pleasanton will be in their respective articles.

On Dec. 10 the Lady Buffs faced Osawatomie and had no problems with the Lady Trojans. Prairie View led 23-8 after one quarter and the lead only got bigger from there. The Lady Buffs allowed Osawatomie to score only two more points after the first quarter as Prairie View won in a rout 56-10. The Lady Buffs forced 29 Osawatomie turnovers.

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Lettuce, lettuce for everyoneUSD 344 wins vertical sustainability garden grantBy JACKIE TAYLOR A grant that Pleasanton U...
12/11/2024

Lettuce, lettuce for everyone
USD 344 wins vertical sustainability garden grant

By JACKIE TAYLOR

A grant that Pleasanton USD 344 went after in October 2023 for a pod to grow vertical sustainability gardens was confirmed won by the district.

Superintendent Don Epps said the program should produce 400 to 500 heads of lettuce and be enough to feed their students and share with the community.

“We’ll be working together with Linn County to get leafy greens out; we’ll produce more than we can consume on our own,” said Epps.

During Monday’s USD 344 board meeting, Epps showed a short video of the Chanute school district that has a pod in full production and is run by their high school ag program.

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Local food drives to aid Linn County organizations and familiesBy BARBARA PROFFITT Three local schools and one local bus...
12/11/2024

Local food drives to aid Linn County organizations and families

By BARBARA PROFFITT

Three local schools and one local business are working to ensure that all of Linn County has a happy and healthy holiday season.

Pleasanton Elementary, Parker Elementary and La Cygne Elementary are collecting canned and shelf-stable food products for the holiday season.

Parker and La Cygne schools are working through the Giving Tree, collecting from Dec. 5 through Dec. 19 with the goal of providing non-perishable food items for local food pantries to help area families in need.

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PVHS holds Career DayBy BARBARA PROFFITT Prairie View High School held their 7th Annual Career Day on Friday, Dec. 6.Hig...
12/11/2024

PVHS holds Career Day

By BARBARA PROFFITT

Prairie View High School held their 7th Annual Career Day on Friday, Dec. 6.

High school students were able to attend career sessions with representatives from several area companies, colleges and technical schools and programs. Those representatives included companies such as Phillips 66 Pipeline, a union company from Paola, Kan., and Doherty Steel, Inc., located in the KC Metro area.

Presenters also included representatives from STARS Academy, in Pleasanton, the FSCC CDL program, the Flint Hills Technical College, the Manhattan Area Technical College and more.

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Prairie View varsity girls’ wrestling compete at Spring HillBY ADAM HOLTThe Prairie View girls’ varsity wrestling team t...
12/11/2024

Prairie View varsity girls’ wrestling compete at Spring Hill

BY ADAM HOLT

The Prairie View girls’ varsity wrestling team traveled to Spring Hill on Dec. 7 to compete in the Spring Hill Girls’ Invitational.

The Lady Buffs placed 10th out of 21 teams with a score of 46. Gardner Edgerton won the tournament with a score of 179. Here are the Lady Buffs individual results for the tournament.

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Jayhawk varsity girls’ wrestling start season at KanOkla tournamentBY ADAM HOLT The Jayhawk girls’ varsity and JV wrestl...
12/11/2024

Jayhawk varsity girls’ wrestling start season at KanOkla tournament

BY ADAM HOLT

The Jayhawk girls’ varsity and JV wrestling teams traveled to Caney Valley on Dec. 6 to compete in the KanOkla girls’ wrestling tournament.

The Lady Hawks placed 14th out of 20 teams with 50 team points. Douglas won the tournament with 130.5 team points. Here are the individual results for the Lady Hawks.

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Jay boys' OT win earns KCC varsity splitBY TONY FURSELINN COUNTY NEWSNEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COMPleasanton boys' thrilling 5...
12/07/2024

Jay boys' OT win earns KCC varsity split

BY TONY FURSE
LINN COUNTY NEWS
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Pleasanton boys' thrilling 55-47 overtime win, coupled with the girls' 53-17 loss, gave Blu-Jay varsity teams a season-opening split at Kansas City Christian Friday night.
It was appropriate that the 'Jays' nightcap went to overtime. The contest featured eight ties and eight lead changes during regulation, but Garrett Conley's baseline drive and basket gave Pleasanton the first points of the overtime, a lead they would not relinquish.
Conley (11) and fellow juniors Kamden Staton (23) and Mario Davis (16) combined for 50 of the squad's points. Pleasanton shot 40 free throws, connecting on 22, for 55 percent.
A young Lady 'Jay team faced a seasoned Lady Panther quintet, freshman Charlee Brown coming off the bench to pace Pleasanton with five points.
Friday's games marked the debuts for both Pleasanton head coaches.
Read the games' details, insights from both coaches--Seth Gabbert for the girls and Tim Staton for the boys--and the box scores in next week's Linn County News.

TONY ON THE ROAD NEXT--Jan. 10 Jayhawk-Linn at Southeast-Cherokee. In the interim, I will be on the microphone for the two early games on Tuesday and Friday at the Linn County Round Robin Tournament at Prairie View. Then look for our annual view on Miami, Mo., basketball in the Jan. 8 edition.

Friday's other Linn County basketball scores--Jayhawk-Linn girls 36. Cass Midway, Mo., 32; Jayhawk-Linn boys 46, Cass-Midway 31.

La Cygne leaders anticipate quotesPrice tags are related to City Hall software subscriptionsBY TONY FURSELa Cygne city l...
12/04/2024

La Cygne leaders anticipate quotes
Price tags are related to City Hall software subscriptions

BY TONY FURSE

La Cygne city leaders will be anticipating price-quote reports on City Hall software subscriptions when they meet in regular session at 7 p.m. this Wednesday.

As motioned by Jerome Mitzner and seconded by David Brenneman, a unanimous vote at the council’s Nov. 20 regular meeting empowered Jodi Wade, city clerk, to work with software companies to lock-in exact prices with licensing.

At that meeting, Wade had informed the council that the city’s annual subscription for their gWorks Simple City and Front Desk software server-based programs was increasing from this year’s $8,902 to $19,220 next year.

“Cities are concerned of its suddenness and not having a chance to build this into their budgets,” Wade said about gWorks, Boston, Mass., subscribed by La Cygne since 2015. Wade anticipated a meeting with gWorks earlier this week.

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Commissioners review option for county websiteBy BARBARA PROFFITT Commissioners spent a portion of their Dec. 2 meeting ...
12/04/2024

Commissioners review option for county website

By BARBARA PROFFITT

Commissioners spent a portion of their Dec. 2 meeting reviewing an option for a new website hosting company. CivicPlus representative Ryan McNally provided the commissioners information on his company, focusing on their website design and hosting abilities.

McNally began by thanking the commissioners for having him in and then gave a list of all the various things their company, which is headquartered in Manhattan, Kan., offers. The company specializes in building and hosting websites for municipalities and counties.

McNally stated that CivicPlus offers three separate and distinct levels for their website work and noted that most municipalities and counties go with the standard version, which is cheapest, and adding necessary modules as required to minimize costs.

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Prairie View football sets multiple school and individual recordsBY ADAM HOLT The Prairie View football team had a great...
12/04/2024

Prairie View football sets multiple school and individual records

BY ADAM HOLT

The Prairie View football team had a great season this year. They finished with an 8-3 record and were both 3A District and Regional champions. With such success multiple records were set this season on both a team and individual level. Here are those individual and team records according to the Prairie View Athletics Database page.

Individual Records

Game Rushing

Josh Goodwin – 6 TDs

Season Rushing

Parker Schwarz – 2,305 yards

Parker Schwarz – 14.23 yards per carry

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Hume teams lose openers at Appleton CityBY TONY FURSE When your teams graduate four 1,000-point career scorers, a rebuil...
12/04/2024

Hume teams lose openers at Appleton City

BY TONY FURSE

When your teams graduate four 1,000-point career scorers, a rebuild is to be expected.

And that’s the case at Missouri border neighbor Hume. Well, kinda.

Yes, Hume’s boys graduated cousins Beriah and Bryson Morrison, Beriah now in Kansas City, Mo.’s, Avila University hoops program and Bryson a men’s volleyball walk-on at Missouri State, Springfield.

The Hornets will be looking to Jason Toms, new head coach, and a roster of eight after last season’s 13-14 mark, which included second-place finishes behind Sheldon and Montrose in the Golden Valley Vernon County (GVVC) Conference’s standings at 5-2, as well as runners-up at the league’s tournament.

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SPECIAL: Lamb resigns County Clerk positionLinn County County Clerk David Lamb announced his intent to resign his posit...
12/03/2024

SPECIAL: Lamb resigns County Clerk position

Linn County County Clerk David Lamb announced his intent to resign his position in January; that despite his original words to voters that he’d stay in the position for two years until he could train a replacement.
A press release was received over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend that Lamb was actually going to resign following his swearing-in in January.
Lamb wrote in a letter to the Linn County Commissioners and press, “I would like to thank the citizens of Linn County for all their support during my 20 years as County Clerk and the nine years I worked in the County Clerk’s office before becoming Clerk.
“I have worked in public service for most of my adult life. Besides my time in the County Clerk’s office, I served for 31 years on the Linn County Rural Fire Dept., 20 years of that time with EMS certification, four years on the Mound City Council, and four years as the Mayor of Mound City. But I have decided it is time for me to move on to a new job. I have accepted a part-time position as a Member Services Representative with the Kansas County Association Multiline Pool (KCAMP) effective February 3, 2025. I will submit my formal resignation to the Governor and to the Linn County Republican Central Committee in mid-January, with an effective date of January 31, 2025.
“Even though this will be a substantial change for me, I will still be working with counties and cities around the state, and it will give me more time to spend with my family. I have enjoyed my time serving the county and again, thanks to everyone that has supported me and thanks to all my coworkers in Linn County.
Sincerely,
David L. Lamb,
Linn County Clerk”

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