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Kansas State University is taking the next steps toward a more sustainable future by launching and leading the collaborative, multi-institutional Kansas Water Institute. In a press release, the university says that the interdisciplinary institute will build on the work of the Kansas Water Resources Institute that was established under the 1964 Water Resources Research Act [...]

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The Belvue Bridge sustained more damage this past weekend after a drunk driver struck a guardrail on the bridge. At Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting, Assistant Public Works Administrator Lance Forgy noted he received a call late Friday night from the Wabaunsee County roads supervisor about an abandoned truck on the side of the bridge. [...]

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A truck driver escaped injury Monday after rolling his truck in southern Riley County. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers responded to a crash just after 4:30 p.m. Monday in the 2100 block of Deep Creek Road. Arriving officers found a Wanklyn Oil Company propane truck had rolled into the ditch. The driver, [...]

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Authorities have arrested a Wamego man in connection to a Tuesday morning shooting near St. George. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Matthew Young was arrested and charged with attempted second degree murder. He’s being held in the Pottawatomie County Jail, awaiting bond. Sheriff Shane Jager issued a news release stating that deputies were [...]

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For two consecutive years, Pottawatomie County voters have turned down a proposal to raise sales tax by a quarter percent to fund certain county road projects. Commissioners on Monday pointed to a lack of ability to educate the public as to the benefits of these projects. County Counselor John Watt says commissioners can’t actively push [...]

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Tuttle Creek has officially closed down all campsites and shelters for the remainder of the season as winter begins to set in. The final amenities that the park had open to the public closed at the end of October. Tuttle Creek Park Manager Caleb Snider: Snider also comments that people have already begun taking advantage [...]

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No changes have been noted in a tight USD 383 school board race. Curt Herrman and Frank Beer remained 33 votes apart Monday morning after no new votes came in to the Riley and Pottawatomie County Clerk’s Offices Friday for either candidate. Advance ballots by mail could be accepted through Friday, per state statute. As [...]

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Police are investigating an incident of property damage at Manhattan’s Ascension Via Christi Hospital. According to RCPD, a report for criminal damage to property and battery was filed early Saturday morning after a man reportedly grabbed security staff, knocked a phone off the wall and pulled down ceiling tiles. A damage estimate wasn’t immediately available. [...]

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A Topeka man is jailed in Pottawatomie County after being located Sunday in a stolen vehicle. The St. Marys Police Department says 41-year-old Jeffrey Heimberg was arrested without incident on charges of possession of stolen property and driving with a suspended license. Police were notified by Shawnee County officials Sunday of a suspicious man who [...]

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The annual parade and Ceremony of Honor recognized “Veterans of the Cold War.” Retired Brigadier General and Director of the Kansas Commission of Veteran Affairs Bill Turner was the featured speaker and recalled serving in Nuremburg Germany in 1987 Turner says in those days his team understood well what was expected of them and what [...]

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