The Marion County Record, a newspaper in Kansas that the police raided last week, is getting its equipment back from local law enforcement, the county’s top prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Joel Ensey, the Marion County attorney, said in a statement that there was insufficient evidence to justify the search of The Marion County Record and seizure of its journalists’ equipment.

“As a result, I have submitted a proposed order asking the court to release the evidence seized,” he said. “I have asked local law enforcement to return the material seized to the owners of the property.”

[That’s too late for the 98-year-old owner of the Marion County Record, Joann Meyer, who died from complications related to the stress of the search and seizure of her newspaper’s property. Next up should be an independent investigation into how the search warrant was obtained and why the police wanted to open the Record’s data in the first place. — Ed]