La Cygne News

Brian Vandenberg, A.R.N.P.C., joined the staff of the two rural health clinics two months ago and is settling into life in Linn County.

LA CYGNE a ' Using a device normally employed for finding victims in a fire, the La Cygne police and fire departments quickly found a missing man early Sunday morning.

" The La Cygne City Council last Wednesday approved a measure that will save about $252,000 annually on payments for the city's natural gas utility.

Picture Book Award, visited La Cygne Elementary on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Hall spent the day going from class to class doing a presentation in each room encouraging students to use their imagination and story writing.

Women in their snazziest, dressed to the nines, and men in their best bib and tucker were in attendance as wine flowed, cheese and crackers were nibbled and the bids flew in competition for beautiful works of art.

The Parker City Council on Thursday voted to raise sewer rates for Parker Elementary School by 2 percent.

LA CYGNE a ' A Belton, Mo., company has been selected to build the new La Cygne swimming pool, the City Council learned last Wednesday.

There's a lot to love about life in the country. Fresh air is a big plus, as is all of the additional space.

A The fall is a great time of year wherever you happen to be and after this year, we hated to leave Linn County, but, alas, we sacrificed and took a trip to Seattle, Wa.

Eleven communities are going to hold their annual Night Out Against Crime neighborhood watch parties with the kick- off set for this week.

Freshman Hailey Jones peered out the window of her mom's car. As they drove down Pittsburg's main street, she said that they might as well have been driving down the Broadway Street in New York City.

" If Jimmy Rogers was expecting a quiet return to La Cygne after spending nine weeks in a Missouri rehabilitation center, he was likely disappointed on Saturday.

Not long after school started for the year, fourteen students at La Cygne Elementary took part in an amazing experience - raising and releasing monarch butterflies.

The La Cygne City Council last Wednesday approved an alternative sewer connection for a new retail furniture store on East Market Street after a councilman said a standard procedure would put city workers at risk.

Brian and Jeneifer Stainbrook will tell you they know they are right where they are meant to be.

Motorcycle riders can hit the road for a good cause Saturday during a benefit dice run for Jimmy Rogers.

Water rescue training was held last Sunday at the north end of La Cygne Lake with Johnson County, Drexel, Osawatomie, Linn Valley, La Cygne and Linn County Stations 910 and 950 attending.

MOUND CITY a ' On Monday, Linn County Health Department director Donna Thomas told the Linn County Commission that the vaccine for H1N1 flu virus should be available from the department as early as mid-October. If the countya TMs application for a Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant is approved, the swine flu immunizations will be given free ...

In a effort to make the La Cygne community safer, officers had success with an alcohol compliance check.

Area motorcycle riders will take to the streets and roadways Saturday for a group ride.