Linn County Courthouse – Hasso Hering

Linn County to secure courthouse entrance

Written June 17th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

If you’re wondering about the construction in front of the Linn County Courthouse, it signals the beginning of the end of the long period in history when people could go in and out of the courthouse freely.

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Tags: court security, Linn County Courthouse, metal detector

A successor in Linn County clerk’s office

Written September 29th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

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When I visited the late Steve Druckenmiller’s office in the Linn County Courthouse on Sept. 25, it was Chief Deputy Clerk Marcie Richey who showed me around.

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Tags: Linn County Clerk, Linn County Courthouse, Marcie Richeyy, Steve Druckenmiller

Mind those terrazzo steps, boys

Written June 7th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

Those beautiful steps in front of the Linn County Courthouse may just be too tempting if you’re a kid with a skateboard.

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Tags: courthouse steps, Linn County Courthouse, Linn Courthouse, no bikes, no skates, skateboarding, skateboards, skating, terrazzo, terrazzo repairs, terrazzo tiles

A child’s inquisitive mind: What’s this thing?

Written April 21st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

Six-year-old Isla Newton Azorr of Albany saw this metal bowl attached to the flagpole pedestal in front of the Linn County Courthouse. “What is this?” she wondered, as anyone would.

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Tags: Benson bubblers, drinking fountains, Isla Newton Azorr, L.L. Swan, Linn County Courthouse, memorial pool, Ralph Wyatt, Steve Druckenmiller

Explaining what we see outside the courthouse

Written May 21st, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Why are they putting up all that scaffolding at the Linn County Courthouse this week? To gain access to the roof so the roof can be replaced, that’s why.

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Tags: Linn County Courthouse, roofing the courthouse