Republicans choose Ware to replace departing county clerk
In a meeting on Saturday, Nov. 1, the Linn County Republican Party Central Committee voted to appoint Chasity Ware to the vacant county clerk's position. (Submitted photo) By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – On a 12-7 vote on Saturday, Nov. 1, the Linn County Republican Party Central Committee chose rural Mound City resident Chasity Ware to be the new county clerk. The committee met at the Bunker Hill Community Center with an audience of about 50 people att
Voters return school board members to office; Extension district to have new members
By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – With open seats on all three Linn County school districts at stake, and two seats on the Marais des Cygnes Extension District Council at stake, many of the voters in the county had only one or two issues on which to vote. All three of the incumbents on the Pleasanton USD 344 Board of Education appear to be headed for another four-year term.That includes current board president Cindy Inman, Meredith Johnson and Kaye Hardy.
Write-in candidates a major factor in Pleasanton, La Cygne elections
By Roger Sim s rsims@linncountyjournal.com MOUND CITY – On Tuesday, La Cygne officials were expecting a slew of write-in votes for the three open seats on the city council. With council members Keith Stoker, Thomas Capp and David Brenneman choosing not to run for reelection and no one filing to fill those seats, write-in votes were the only method left to fill those vacancies. And La Cygne voters wrote a name on the blank lines 82 times. What was less expected was that the ci
Prairie View board confirms new football coach, accepts retirement of math teacher
LA CYGNE – The Prairie View USD Board of Education on Tuesday, Oct. 21, made the change in the head football coaching job official, accepted the retirement of a teacher who has been with the district a quarter century, and approved the half million dollar replacement of a section of roof. The board in a unanimous vote changed the status of middle school science teacher Joe Cullor from interim head high school football coach to the head coach for the remainder of the 2025 seas
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