A federal lawsuit challenging a Linn County health officer’s order that required businesses to keep records of who visits their establishments for the purpose of contract tracing COVID-19 cases has been dropped after the original order was amended.
A recent order from the Linn County health officer that requires businesses to keep records of who visits their establishments for the purpose of contact tracing COVID-19 cases has prompted a federal lawsuit by two businesswomen who contend the order violates their Fourth Amendment rights.
Two vehicles were trapped in downed power poles and lines on Jingo Road just south of 399th Street on Monday morning in Miami County when a strong storm cell packing damaging winds, hail and rain raced across the region.
LA CYGNE — The annual La Cygne Rural High School alumni celebration, which was set to take place May 23, has been canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Louisburg USD 416 leaders are going to have to wait a little longer to ask voters to support their proposed school bond.
The Linn County (Kansas) Health Department announced Thursday, March 19, that the Kansas county's first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been confirmed through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) laboratory in Topeka.
PLEASANTON — Olive’s Hope Pet Rescue is asking for donations as it looks for a permanent home.
Editor’s note: The following article was published in the 2019 winter issue of Better Horses and has been republished with permission.
MOUND CITY — Arts and crafts enthusiasts will want to point their vehicles toward the Linn County seat Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12-13, for the annual Sugar Mound Arts & Crafts Festival.
LA CYGNE — The Prairie View Buffalos will celebrate homecoming Friday, Oct. 11, when they battle the Girard Trojans.
PAOLA – A Paola Public Works Department crew was busy Friday morning cutting up and removing a tree that had toppled across West Shawnee Street.
PAOLA – The Miami County Sheriff’s Office is reporting numerous road closings due to widespread flooding in the county.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — A former Linn County attorney was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 29, to one year and a day in prison for stealing more than $75,000 in county-owned electronics and equipment, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release.
OSAWATOMIE – The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, Mo., has issued a flood warning until 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, for Miami and Linn counties and Cass County, Missouri.
PAOLA – Residents in Miami and Linn counties should keep an eye on the weather.
OSAWATOMIE - Miami and Linn counties are in a flash flood watch until midday Thursday, Aug. 22.
OSAWATOMIE – Miami County is in a flash flood watch until 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, and the Marais des Cygnes River was expected to experience minor flooding by late Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
OSAWATOMIE — The Rev. Marti McDougal is preparing for two milestones in the coming days.
MOUND CITY — Tyler Paddock, 17, of Mound City, is one of the fast-rising stars in the very competitive world of tractor pulling competition in the Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pulling Association.
MOUND CITY — The 2019 Linn County Fair and Rodeo kicked off Friday, Aug. 2, with the new truck demolition derby and two-car team demolition derby in the fairgrounds arena.
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