Roger Sims, Journal Staff

In a meeting on Saturday, Nov. 1, the Linn County Republican Party Central Committee voted to appoint Chasity Ware to the vacant county clerk's position. (Submitted photo) By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – On a 12-7 vote on Saturday, Nov. 1, the Linn County Republican Party Central Committee chose rural Mound City resident Chasity Ware to be the new county clerk. The committee met at the Bunker Hill Community Center with an audience of about 50 people attending the...

By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – With open seats on all three Linn County school districts at stake, and two seats on the Marais des Cygnes Extension District Council at stake, many of the voters in the county had only one or two issues on which to vote. All three of the incumbents on the Pleasanton USD 344 Board of Education appear to be headed for another four-year term.That includes current board president Cindy Inman, Meredith Johnson and Kaye Hardy. Ron Miller and...

By Roger Sim s rsims@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – On Tuesday, La Cygne officials were expecting a slew of write-in votes for the three open seats on the city council. With council members Keith Stoker, Thomas Capp and David Brenneman choosing not to run for reelection and no one filing to fill those seats, write-in votes were the only method left to fill those vacancies. And La Cygne voters wrote a name on the blank lines 82 times. What was less expected was that the city of Pleasanton,...