Here's What's Happening This Week

Tuesday, June 17

• Pleasanton Farmers' Market, across from Food Fair on Main Street, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 18

• Kansas Humanities program, Lunch & Learn: Kansas' Music History, Mound City Library, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch catered by Sweet Harvest Baking Co. (see flyer on calendar page).

For more activities, see our calendars on page 3.

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Tanglewood residents seek county help with dog control

By Charlene Sims, info@linncountyjournal.com Tanglewood residents are concerned about safety after reports of threats by vicious dogs in...

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

Commission decides to lease sheriff, public works vehicles

The Linn County Commission has opted to try a leasing program to replace "miled out" sheriff's office and public works department...

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

Approving bids on proposed work on county roads delayed awaiting clarification

The Linn County Commission delays taking action on a proposed road project until the scope of the project is clarified and funds are...

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

County counselor addresses towing business, culvert issues

By Charlene Sims, info@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – Linn County Counselor Jacklyn Paletta addressed two issues that were brought...

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

La Cygne café owner complains about food truck parked across from his business

By Roger Sims, rsims@linncountyjournal.com LA CYGNE – A complaint by a La Cygne business owner prompted the city’s mayor to promise a...

Roger Sims, Journal Staff

Tanglewood board files lawsuit seeking judgment on roads

The Tanglewood Lake Owners Association board has filed a lawsuit against the Linn County Commission to determine whether the lake...

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

FORECAST

High: 86 °F

Chance
Showers then
Chance
T-storms

TUESDAY

A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South southwest wind 5 to 14 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

TUESDAY NIGHT

Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Low around 67. Southeast wind 9 to 11 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

WEDNESDAY

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Mostly clear, with a low around 63.

Click here for radar link.

Source: National Weather Service

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Opinion: Kansas lawmakers in D.C. stand aside as Farm Bill writers raid SNAP — again

A Holstein cow peers through the barrier of a dairy farm in Hamilton County, Kansas. (Allison Kite / Kansas Reflector) By Greg Frazier,...

Kansas Reflector opinion

Opinion: Hiring of zoning director fraught with problems

Opinion by Charlene Sims, Journal staff At the Linn County Commission meeting on Tuesday, May 27. Ben Souza was hired to be the new...

Opinion

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• Maxine Breuel

• John Robert Kierl

• Shirley Jean Obermeier

Kansas troopers on standby for protests, ahead of nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations

Kansans rally at the Statehouse in Topeka as part of the 50501 national day of action on May 1, 2025. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) By...

Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

Heartland accepting applications for 2025 Concern for Community Grants

Press release GIRARD — Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative is now accepting applications for its 2025 Concern for Community grant...

Press release

Help us save $60 billion

Submitted by Kathy Goul, Family & Consumer Science Agent K-State Research and Extension Fraud costs Medicare $60 billion per year. It is...

Kathy Goul, K-State Research & Extension Service

Jayhawks' run at state track meet stalls under tough competition

Jayhawk senior Trenton Broyles runs the 110-meter hurdles at the state track meet. He would earn a sixth-place medal in the event. (Billy...

Journal Staff Report

KDOT to begin resurfacing on U.S. 169 in Miami and Anderson counties

Press release The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced that a resurfacing project will begin the week of June 9 on U.S....

Press release

Blu-Jay sprinter claims two titles, vaulter medals at state

When you know, you know. Pleasanton senior Ashton Gratton smiles after finishing the 100-meter dash in first place. Gratton is state 2A...

Journal Staff Report

Thoughts from the goose

Country Notebook By Rogene "Jeannie" McPherson, Journal columnist What is good for the goose is good for the gander. This means if...

Rogene "Jeannie" McPherson, Country Notebook

Sadly, some still choose hell

Matters of Faith By Dr. Bascom Ratliff Pastor: Parker/Beagle/Fontana United Methodist Churches Scripture (NRSV): Matthew 25: 31-46...

Dr. Bascom Ratliff

From the Journal's columnists

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Federal Medicaid cuts would cost 13,000 Kansans their health care coverage

Renewal paperwork for KanCare, the Medicaid program in Kansas. Proposed federal budget cuts could lead to 13,000 Kansans losing coverage....

Kansas News Service

Proposed federal budget cuts could have ‘grim impact’ on Kansans with disabilities

Rocky Nichols, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, is closely watching proposed federal cuts to programs that...

Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

Wheat ambassador connecting dots between Kansas crop fields, Kenyan refugee camps

Justin Gilpin, CEO of the Kansas Wheat Commission for 16 years, is in Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress in support of the idea that...

Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

For Whom the Bells Toll: Carillonneurs Come to Lawrence

Top of the Campanile. (Tim Seley) The bells will be ringing in Lawrence this week. The country’s top carillon players — known as...

Kansas News Service

Kansas State Grange awards Brey Memorial scholarships

Pleasanton High School graduate Rees Chapman, left, and Jayhawk-Linn graduate Cierra Lindsey have been awarded scholarship from the...

Press release

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Here's What's Happening This Week​​​​​

Tuesday, June 17

• Pleasanton Farmers' Market, across from Food Fair on Main Street, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

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Wednesday, June 18

• Kansas Humanities program, Lunch & Learn: Kansas' Music History, Mound City Library, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch catered by Sweet Harvest Baking Co. (see flyer on calendar page).

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Inside the Journal

Page 1 – Top news stories, weather

Page 2 – Features, Obituaries, Schools, State news

Page 3 – Community & Library Calendars

Page 4 – Recent Local News, Archives

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Top Stories

Tanglewood residents seek county help with dog control

Commission decides to lease sheriff, public works vehicles

Approving bids on proposed work on county roads delayed awaiting clarification

County counselor addresses towing business, culvert issues

La Cygne café owner complains about food truck parked across from his business

Tanglewood board files lawsuit seeking judgment on roads

FORECAST

High: 86 °F Chance Showers then Chance T-storms

Opinion: Kansas lawmakers in D.C. stand aside as Farm Bill writers raid SNAP — again

Opinion: Hiring of zoning director fraught with problems

The Linn County Journal is a free, online news service. To receive weekly updates in your email, enter your email address on the line below and click on the "Subscribe" button. Make sure to put info@linncountyjournal.com in your address book to ensure emails don't go to your spam account.

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Kansas troopers on standby for protests, ahead of nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations

Heartland accepting applications for 2025 Concern for Community Grants

Help us save $60 billion

Jayhawks' run at state track meet stalls under tough competition

KDOT to begin resurfacing on U.S. 169 in Miami and Anderson counties

Blu-Jay sprinter claims two titles, vaulter medals at state

Thoughts from the goose

Sadly, some still choose hell

For more local news, click here to go to our Recent News page and archives

Federal Medicaid cuts would cost 13,000 Kansans their health care coverage

Proposed federal budget cuts could have ‘grim impact’ on Kansans with disabilities

Wheat ambassador connecting dots between Kansas crop fields, Kenyan refugee camps

For Whom the Bells Toll: Carillonneurs Come to Lawrence

Kansas State Grange awards Brey Memorial scholarships

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