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Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 have announced a new Director of Special Education. Dr. Jessica Nelson will assume that role on July 1, replacing Interim Director Dr. Roger Christian, who is retiring in June, after replacing Andrea Tiede, who was promoted to Director of Teaching and Learning last year following the abrupt resignation of her predecessor Paula [...]

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At Wednesday’s USD 383 meeting, board members and administrators congratulated Ashlyn Kuhlmann on winning the 2024 Kansas Horizon Award which is sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education. According to the KSDE website, the goal of the award is to “recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform and distinguishes themselves as outstanding.” Every year, KSDE [...]

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Public Works crews continue to take advantage of good weather and are patching more potholes across Manhattan. On Wednesday, crews were out doing patchwork on three of the cities most traveled routes — Anderson Ave, Fort Riley Boulevard and Kimball Avenue. City Engineer Brian Johnson… Weekend rains washed away some of the cold patch, causing [...]

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The Kansas Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday, releasing the court’s jurisdiction of a school finance case after concluding the Legislature complied with mandates to resolve Constitutional violations, by adequately funding public education. Since 2019, the Supreme Court has retained control on Gannon v. State, pending the state providing incremental funding increases to fund Kansas K-12 [...]

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City officials are planning the next phase of construction to widen Kimball Avenue in Manhattan’s North Campus Corridor. Public Works crews will close Kimball just west of the Denison Ave. intersection to near the Grain Science Center on Feb. 19. Then, after K-State commencement ceremonies in May, the intersection itself will close, according to City Engineer Brian [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission approved the first reading of an ordinance Tuesday amending a section of code establishing regulations and penalties for violations within the downtown parking garage. Parking Services Manager Adrienne Tucker says the clarification will give law enforcement more authority to cite folks who loiter in the garage. The commission will revisit discussions [...]

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Riley County USD 378 School Board members met for an hour behind closed doors Tuesday night, but took no action regarding the status of its superintendent, who remains on administrative leave. Coming out of executive session, Board President Samantha Brown moved to authorize Hoover Law Firm of Junction City, to carry out negotiations with Cliff [...]

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The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden School Board will hold its first meeting in the month of February on Wednesday night. The main item of business on tonight’s agenda is a mid-year report on enrollment in USD 383. According to documents from the school district, over 6,000 students are enrolled in USD 383 schools. New business items [...]

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Pottawatomie County commissioners moved Monday to send out bids for dust control on some of the county’s more well-traveled dirt gravel roads. Public Works Engineering Aide Janell Ralph says the county has three interested bidders for the annual sprays this year. A number of rural routes have had more traffic amid the closure of the [...]

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Manhattan Public Works crews continue to patch potholes across the city, following January’s frigid and wet conditions. City Engineer Brian Johnson says work is continuing on a stretch of Fort Riley Blvd. near Westwood Road, where traffic backed up for Tuesday morning’s commute. City Manager Ron Fehr joined KMAN’s In Focus Tuesday and says the [...]

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