Sunset Zoo acquires two new animals ahead of spring and summer seasons
Sunset Zoo has acquired two new and exotic animals.
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RCPD investigating fraudulent check cashing scheme totaling $10K
Authorities are investigating another case of alleged forgery and theft in Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says a report was filed Monday afternoon in the 700 block of Poyntz after an unknown suspect fraudulently wrote and cashed checks at numerous area banks. The total loss is estimated around $10,000. Police listed Flint Hills Beverage [...]
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Riley County considering updates to animal control resolution
Riley County Commissioners discussed changes to the county’s animal control resolution on Monday. The county is in the process of updating the resolution which dates back to 1988, while also continuing negotiations with nonprofit Prairie Paws for its contracted shelter services at the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter. Prairie Paws initially asked for $90,000 from [...]
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Pottawatomie County K-9 retires from Sheriff’s Office
A retirement contract for the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s aging canine Turbo was approved on Monday. Sheriff Shane Jager informed county commissioners about the process and noted the dog’s handler, Sergeant Dustin Young, is wanting to take control of the dog. Jager says the Sheriff’s Office has budgeted $11,000 for a replacement canine. The dog will not be [...]
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Pottawatomie County to unveil new Veterans Memorial plaque
A new plaque bearing the names of 50 Pottawatomie County veterans will be unveiled at a public ceremony Monday at the Veterans Memorial in Westmoreland. Last April, the county began collecting names of honorably discharged veterans that reside or have resided in Pottawatomie County and served in any branch of the military from 1947 onward. [...]
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City officials to discuss sales tax increase as potential strategy to increase General Fund balance
Manhattan city staff will meet with the city commission Tuesday to discuss a strategy for increasing revenues to the general fund and a proposed sales tax question to be posed to voters. Agenda documents for the work session (see below) show city staff favoring a strategy to ask a sales tax question at the August [...]
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Riley County seeing 4% average increase in property values
Riley County property owners should be receiving change of value notices in their mailboxes this week. The Appraiser’s Office mailed out those notices on Friday, which reflect changes in property values due to fluctuations in the local real estate market. Residents will have until March 25 to file an appeal. In a Monday statement, Riley [...]
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RCPD: Woman out $26K in identity theft scheme
The Riley County Police Department is investigating a case of identity theft after a woman reported her social security number was used to obtain a credit card. The 44-year-old victim reported the crime Saturday afternoon. Police say the total loss ass...
Manhattan area legislators discuss issues at Saturday legislative coffee
Discussions surrounding taxes were front and center at a Saturday morning legislative coffee hosted at Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo. With the session reaching the halfway point, the tax bill has become the number one issue to be resolved before legislators depart Topeka in May. Sen. Usha Reddi serves on the Senate Tax Committee and says she [...]
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Nearly 8k in Manhattan without power Sunday morning
Nearly 8,000 Evergy customers in Manhattan lost power around 8:15 Sunday morning. About ten minutes later, the Manhattan Fire Department responded to a reported fire at an Evergy substation. Deputy Chief Ryan Almes confirms they responded to the substation, located at Walters Drive and Tuttle Creek Boulevard, “but didn’t find anything.” Evergy reported 15 outages [...]
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