Mound City News

With Independence Day fast approaching, many neighborhoods in Linn County communities have echoed with the sounds of nearby explosions.

I hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend as much as I did... On Saturday, though I was technically working, I spent my early evening hours taking pictures of kids having a ball at Boyd's Pedal Pull, part of the Jayhawk Blast celebration in Mound City.

The 6th Annual Robert F. Morgan Memorial Scholarship Poker Run kicked off at the Outpost in La Cygne at just after 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 13.

To the northwest of Mound City on a well-traveled side road you'll find a building in which a great deal of the history of our county was shaped.

Communities in Linn County and southern Miami County will pay tribute to veterans who served and, in some cases, gave their lives for their country with several Memorial Day services Monday morning.

Linn County Clerk David Lamb was taking a break outside with a few other workers Thursday afternoon when he saw the plume of smoke rise above the tree line in the direction of his parents' home on north Third Street.

Linn Countya s first ACRA rodeo was held last weekend in Mound City with local cowboys showing their stuff.

Construction is now under way for the new Mound City Library. This is a dream come true for the Board of Trustees and the library staff who have been working diligently for three years on the project.

Left: The first Cruise Night of the summer was held at Cookeea s Drive In on Saturday, April 25, and there were more cars than ever.

His family has been in the business all his life. He grew up learning the ropes and eventually decided to start up his own service.

Linn County residents show their support of the national TEA Party - an acronym for Taxed Enough Already, held last Wednesday, tax day.

Besides Christian observances of the Easter holiday, communities throughout Linn County celebrated the holiday with Easter egg hunts.

On Saturday, people of all ages came together to Walk Like a Jayhawk in Mound City.

Cleta Marie Herrmann Jordan, age 85 formerly of Mound City, Kan., died Tuesday April 14, 2009 at the Grandview Care Center in Grandview, Mo.

Arthur Alonzo Schasteen, 69, Osawatomie, died April 5, 2009, at the Olathe Medical Center.

The setting sun was linked to a pickup/pedestrian accident that occurred at 7:25 p.m. Friday evening .75 miles east of Pleasanton on West Lake Dr.

Councils at Mound City and Pleasanton each authorized their Chief of Police to apply for a grant that, if awarded, will enable each department to put on a new full time officer.

It was twelve years ago that the First Baptist Church began looking for a piece of property in the area surrounding Mound City for a new facility.

It's the Kansas-Missouri border again! Previously it has been mentioned that after Quantrill's successful raid and destruction of Lawrence, Kan.

Just three short years ago, partners Josh Baldwin and Darren Albers were co-workers, each heading up their own department for a corporate landscaping company.