Linn Valley News

" 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.

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

While planning a minor modification and repair of Linn Valley City Hall due to water damage, officials recently were surprised to learn that the building's floor and walls had been weakened by water and mold.

After word from Linn County Sheriff Barry Walker that the Sheriff's Office would no longer be spearheading the Neighborhood Watch picnics, Linn County Crime Stoppers is "picking up the ball," said former Linn County Deputy and Community Policing Officer Harvey Taylor to the commissioners Monday.

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.

Jenny Lucille McDougal and Craig William Tennis exchanged wedding vows at Hillsdale Presbyterian Church on June 20, 2009.

Linn Valley Chief of Police John Burnett announced last week that the community's Night Out Against Crime will be held on Aug.

Although most children visit the library to check out books or attend special events during the summer, not all kids are able to work around the library's schedule.

Percussionist and storyteller Cory Hills, who creates originally composed music suitable for all ages, will perform a oeThe Percussive Art of Storytellinga at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Swan Room at the LaCygne Library, at 2:45 p.m. in the Linn County Park, small shelter house, and at 4 p.m. in the Linn Valley Lakes club house.

Members of the Linn Valley Council and the Linn Valley Property Owners Association met on Wednesday, June 3, to review work to date on providing water and sewer services to the citizens of Linn Valley.

Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow McDougal announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenny Lucille McDougal, to Craig William Tennis, all of Osawatomie.

Serious allegations regarding the conduct of the Sheriff's Office were made at the Monday meeting of the Linn County Commissioners.