Megan Moser

The Manhattan-Ogden school board on Wednesday debated whether too much screen time was hurting students — and whether moving away from devices would hobble students down the road. The board was revisiting a discussion about replacing iPads after having tied 3-3 on the issue at a previous meeting. On Wednesday, board members voted 5-2 to [...]

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Manhattan Housing Authority is in a state of “substantial default,” according to a letter from the federal government obtained by The Mercury. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials say MHA, which oversees federally subsidized low-income housing, is in default “with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the public housing agency is [...]

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Recess is about to get even better for students at Lee Elementary. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously approved new turf and equipment for the school’s playground at a cost of $375,000. According to a memo, the district has a rotation for replacing turf on all its school playgrounds and playground equipment every [...]

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Col. Gerald Nunziato said Friday that Fort Riley recorded an increase in the population of military families on base in 2025. That’s good news for the local economy and a positive trend for Fort Riley soldiers. Nunziato was speaking at the Regional Growth Summit, an annual event put on by the Manhattan, Junction City and [...]

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Just over a year into the school district’s CiCo Park improvement project, officials say they are on track for an August completion. BHS Construction project manager AJ Devlin on Wednesday told USD 383 school board members that Phase 2 upgrades to the district’s sports facilities at the park are going well. The upgrades include four [...]

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School start times will not be returning to the school board agenda after a vote by the new board Wednesday night. As previously reported, USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden last month voted to change school start times for the 2026-27 school year. The shift is intended to address a bus driver shortage and moves elementary start times [...]

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Kansas Rep. Angel Roeser is changing her name — at least personally. She said since it’s a slow process, she won’t change her name for her work in the Legislature right away. Roeser is a Republican representing the 67th District, which includes part of Manhattan. She’s in the second year of a two-year term and [...]

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Let’s get cracking: the local food pantry is need of egg cartons. Executive director Karla Hagemeister, who is also a member of the Manhattan-Ogden School Board, shared Wednesday that the Flint Hills Breadbasket has a ton of eggs and would welcome empty cartons. “We’re getting four pallets eggs that are bulk packed, so they need [...]

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Wednesday was the last meeting for USD 383 school board members Christine Weixelman and Karla Hagemeister. Next week the board will welcome new board members Courtney Jane Hochman and Lew Faust. Board member Jayme Morris-Hardeman also won in November’s election and will continue her tenure. Morris-Hardeman also was nominated to be the new board president. [...]

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Nearly the first hour of Wednesday’s meeting went to people pleading the USD 383 school board to reconsider its changes to school start times. About a dozen parents and teachers spoke during public comment, hoping for the board to reverse its Dec. 17 decision to have elementary students start class earlier and high school students [...]

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