Blue Mound News

High humidity and warm temperatures led to prime conditions for storms that blew over Linn County Monday night causing countywide damage to trees, power poles and many outbuildings and homes.

Facing the state deadline of May 1 to decide which teachers would be retained, the USD 346 board met to finalize their budget hoping they anticipated correctly what the state is going to allow for funding.

Firefighters, deputies and emergency personnel were called to the scene of an apartment fire in Prescott late Sunday evening.

Parker City Council members voted Tuesday to approve giving $1,690 to Public Wholesale Water Supply District No.

Primary elections may not be necessary March 3 in Linn County. With a noon deadline Jan.

Joseph Earl Rei, age 83, resident of 2280 Jayhawk Road, Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Jan.

The majority of Linn County Voters said a oenoa in November to a 1 percent sales tax increase.

School districts in the county faced many challenges this year. In March, the Jawhawk USD 346 Board of Education voted to close Blue Mound Elementary School at the end of the year.