Journal Staff Report

A Prairie View senior is interviewed by volunteer Paula Schwarz during the Prairie View Career Day in 2024. (Photos by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) Journal staff report Employers often complain that young employees don’t come to a company with realistic ideas of what is expected from them. Whether the problem is lack of skills, no concept of key job requirements (punctuality, attendance, no use of electronic devices except on breaks, etc.),  For those employers or their supervisors,...

Journal staff report LA CYGNE – In a rescue deemed “heroic” by La Cygne Police Chief Zachary Mathies, people living on the 600 block of North Broadway came out of the homes to rescue a driver who car was on fire after striking a utility pole. The accident occurred just before 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6. After being dispatched to the scene of the accident, police officers saw that neighbors were working to remove the driver to safety. Officers used their fire extinguishers to put out the blaze...

Joannie Reed, right, is sworn into her new post as Linn County treasurer by district court judge Anrea Purvis. (Photos courtesy of Kandice Rost) Journal staff report MOUND CITY – Eleven months after she received an overwhelming majority of the votes, Joannie Reed, deputy country treasurer, was sworn in as county treasurer on Tuesday, Oct. 13. District court Judge Andrea Purvis took Reed’s oath of office during the weekly meeting of the Linn County Commission. Also sworn in was Kathy...