• The hyacinths took a beating with 15-degree weather and icy snow, but the season is young and more flowers are hiding underground.

  • Warm spring-like weather prompted decorative pear trees to bloom around the region; though considered an invasive species, the tree is beautiful this time of year

  • Winners of the 2026 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, which was hosted by Pleasanton High School on Wednesday, March 4, are: left to right, Hayden Mell – second place, Brea Dawson and Kiera McGrew – first place, and Denton White and Clay Nichols – third place. Teams from participating school districts were challenged to come up with a business idea, then strategize how to market that concept and presented their final plans to the judges.

  • U.S. Senator Roger Marshall speaks with Jayhawk Linn students last week on various topics.

  • Jayhawk girls’ basketball finishes the season as Sub-State runner-up

  • Pleasanton boys’ basketball finishes season as Sub-State runner up

  • Pleasanton boys advance in Sub-State tournament, girls end season

  • Prairie View wrestling earns four medals at State

  • Jayhawk wrestling has four wrestlers place in the top four at State

NEWS

SPECIAL NOTICE

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  Due to a lack of quorum at Tuesday's special meeting for USD 344 Board of Education to select the Ray Scholarship recipient the meeting has been rescheduled for this upcoming Wednesday evening, March 18, 2026, at 6 p.m.       

Fear & urgency at heart of Centerville couple scam

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Ungeheuer – “it can happen to anyone”   Dillard and Charleta Ungeheuer sat at their kitchen table and contemplated many of the reasons the couple became victim’s costing them $20,000 and much stress and heartache. Dillard, who’d just come... [More]

Commissioners discuss 4H building with fair board

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During Monday’s meeting, the Linn County Commissioners met with several members of the Linn County Fair Board, County Clerk Chasity Ware and County Counselor Jacklyn Paletta in executive session for the purpose of attorney-client privilege. Following the executive session,... [More]

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SPORTS

Jayhawk girls’ basketball finishes the season as Sub-State runner-up

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The Jayhawk Linn girls’ basketball team hosted West Franklin on March 5 and traveled to West Franklin on March 7 for Sub-State basketball competition.  The girls first hosted West Franklin in the West Franklin 3A Sub-State 1 to determine who went to the championship.... [More]

Pleasanton boys’ basketball finishes season as Sub-State runner up

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The Pleasanton boys’ basketball team traveled to Madison on March 6 to compete in the championship game in the Madison 1A Div. 1 Sub-State 1. The boys entered the game as the one seed and a 22-1 record. The Jays got to the championship with a bye and a 47-28 semifinal... [More]

Pleasanton boys advance in Sub-State tournament, girls end season

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The Pleasanton boys’ and girls’ basketball teams began their Sub-State tournament action this past week. Pleasanton is in the Madison 1A Div. 1 Sub-State and the boys entered the tournament as the 1 seed with a 20-1 record while the girls were the 11 seed with an... [More]

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COMMUNITY

First Aid: your safety toolkit

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Snakes, bees and ticks: how to treat bites and stings With contributions by  Joe Stellwagon, AMR Paramedic   Snake Bites It’s spring, which means snakes and insects are coming out of hibernation. In this article, we will go over some of the dos and don’ts... [More]

Legislative Coffee planned Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m.

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The Linn County Republican Central Committee and Republican Women’s Committee are hosting a Legislative Coffee Saturday, March 7 at 10 a.m. at the Pleasanton Community Center. Sen. Caryn Tyson, Reps. Fred Gardner and Rick James are slated to appear to update Linn County... [More]

Jayhawk Linn High School senior awarded prestigious Rudd Foundation Scholarship

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Jayhawk Linn High School senior Eleanor Vaughn, daughter of Lucas and Megan Vaughn, was honored in a surprise ceremony attended by students, staff and her family as the recipient of the highly competitive Rudd Foundation Scholarship. Vaughn, who plans to attend Kansas State... [More]

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