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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Riley County on Monday approved the hire of a new coroner. County commissioners voted unanimously to name Dr. David Dupy of Salina the medical examiner for this district, which includes Riley and Clay counties. Dupy is also the coroner for Saline, Ottawa and a few other counties. The previous coroner, Dr. Susan Speaks, is retiring. [...]
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The Manhattan-Ogden Board of Education didn’t violate state public meeting rules in changing the district’s start times, the board president says. The board at its Dec. 17 meeting voted 5-2 to change schedules for next school year, pushing elementary start times more than an hour earlier, and moving middle and high school start times later. [...]
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Three Manhattan women are speaking publicly for the first time about the abuse they suffered at the hands of local chiropractor Clark Petersen, hoping their stories will help others come forward. Kate Cashman, Hjerda McAllister, and Carson Kober were among the 16 victims in a case that led to Petersen’s conviction on 51 sex crimes [...]
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An attorney representing Katie Allen in her First Amendment lawsuit against the Kansas Department of Education said Monday that she still has a good case, despite a response from education commissioner Randy Watson that Allen had resigned voluntarily. Allen, a USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden board of education member, filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer, [...]
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USD 383 school board member Katie Allen at this week’s meeting said she has been the victim of bullying in the weeks since she made a controversial Facebook post. In a 13-minute speech Wednesday night during commissioner comments, she talked about components of bullying and how to counteract it. Though she previously apologized, she also [...]
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Shopping carts of belongings abandoned on the street. Tents pitched on trails and in tunnels. Liquor bottles left on park tables. More people facing homelessness are coming to Manhattan, some local officials say, but when they get here they may face higher housing costs and find that they don’t qualify for services. That can leave [...]
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A USD 383 school board member is suing her former employer, the state department of education, in federal court for forcing her to resign, saying it was a violation of her First Amendment right to free speech. Katie Allen, who is on the Manhattan-Ogden Board of Education, drew criticism earlier this month after commenting “well [...]
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