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The Wamego City Commission revisited the Pool Facility improvement. At Tuesday’s meeting, City Manager Merl Page revisited the meeting with a working group that presented a plan for Pool enhancements. Page suggested forming an Ad Hoc committee consisting of those interested in the future of the City Pool. The Commission agreed to move forward with

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The Wamego City Commission heard annual reports. At Tuesday’s meeting, Airport Board member Robert Riat went over the completed enhancements to the Wamego Airport. Riat said two new T-Hangers were built, and a new more efficient beacon light was installed, with the labor done by volunteers. He added the board is working to make the

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The Wamego City Commission gets an overview of proposed security enhancements to City Hall. At Tuesday’s meeting, Architect Bruce McMillan and Associate Jenna Williamson presented the proposed plans for making City Hall a secure building. The plan proposed all doors be secured with a control button to allow entry, and building a wall with bullet

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Kansas State University will likely be impacted by Tuesday’s announcement that Gov. Sam Brownback has issued a 3 percent callback in state general funds for all state universities totaling $17 million because of shortfalls in February state revenues. The Kansas Board of Regents will have the opportunity to decide how to allocate the allotment among the state universities. If

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Kansas State University will likely be impacted by Tuesday’s announcement that Gov. Sam Brownback has issued a 3 percent callback in state general funds for all state universities totaling $17 million because of shortfalls in February state revenues. The Kansas Board of Regents will have the opportunity to decide how to allocate the allotment among the state universities. If

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The results are in! Manhattan City Commissioners received the results of a city wide survey Tuesday night. 2000 city residents received the survey at random, polling them on their views of things like city government and maintenance. According to a presentation by Assistant City Manager Kiel Mangus, results were mostly favorable. Of the 457 completed

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The City of Manhattan held an open house Tuesday for its newly completed addition, which now houses the Parks and Recreation Department. The was previously housed in a converted shop in City Park. It was supposed to be a temporary location; but over 30 years passed and Parks and Rec started to feel the impact of a deteriorating facility.

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TOPEKA — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has cut higher education spending by $17 million in response to a shortfall in tax collections for February. Brownback announced Tuesday that he ordered a 3 percent cut in the higher education system’s allocation of state tax dollars under this fiscal year’s budget. The Board of Regents and state universities will

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A group that publishes the Emporia newspaper once edited by late journalism icon William Allen White has bought two family-owned newspapers and a weekly in Kansas. John Montgomery says he plans to retire and has sold the Junction City Daily Union, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle and the weekly Wamego Smoke Signal to Chris

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Charleston, S.C. — The Association of Defense Communities (ADC) and the Defense Communities Caucus today designated 10 communities from across the nation as “Great American Defense Communities” for providing unwavering support to service members and military families.   The Great American Defense Communities program was launched this year to acknowledge the unique contributions cities, counties

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