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At a joint meeting Thursday night between City of Manhattan and Pottawatomie County officials, Stantec Consulting Group presented its plans to formulate the East Manhattan Gateway Plan. The meeting served as an unofficial kickoff to the study that will mostly look at future land use in the growing Green Valley area. Specifically discussed was the [...]

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A long time Manhattan-Ogden school board member has retained his seat on the board. Curt Herrman was re-elected to a fifth term by a narrow 33 vote margin over Frank Beer, according to final results after the election canvass in Riley and Pottawatomie counties Thursday.   While the margin was close, Herrman says he’s sweated [...]

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Riley County Commissioners voted 2-1 Thursday, finding the Keats Sewer District project is still feasible, despite cost estimates coming in 13 to 18 percent higher than originally anticipated. The commission left the door open to re-evaluate their decision early next year. Following the meeting, Commissioner Kathryn Focke spoke with KMAN about the board’s difficult decision. [...]

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New charges have been brought against a Manhattan man jailed in Riley County. According to RCPD, a warrant for 38-year-old Laron James includes charges of aggravated burglary, attempted aggravated burglary, sexual battery and violation of the offender registration act. The charges stem from an August 2022 incident in Ogden involving a 23-year-old woman. According to [...]

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One person was injured Wednesday following a crash in northeast Manhattan. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers responded shortly after 2 p.m. to the intersection of Tuttle Creek Blvd and Walters Drive, where a Chevy Tahoe collided with a Honda Accord. A woman in the Accord was transported to Ascension Via Christi for [...]

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A statewide Silver Alert has been issued by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for a missing 77-year-old Manhattan man. According to the Riley County Police Department, Ray Newman has dementia and did not return home after he was seen driving around the 6400 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd in Manhattan Wednesday around 4 p.m. His [...]

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Talks on a new MOU agreement between USD 383 and MATC continue to stall according to USD 383 superintendent Eric Reid. Reid first reported on the disagreement at the board’s last meeting on Nov. 1 and reported at Wednesday’s meeting that the two sides are still far apart on an agreement. USD 383 School Board [...]

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An investigation is underway after alleged mismanagement of the VA’s Veterans Crisis Line. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran announced Wednesday he initiated the investigation with the U.S. Government Accountability Office after being alerted by current and former Department of Veterans Affairs employees who came forward with solid evidence of mismanagement, creating a danger to the health [...]

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Manhattan Christian College has seen an increase in their academic enrollment for the semester. After receiving their latest update on student academics, the college reports an increase in not just enrollment but in retention of students as well. Manhattan Christian College President Kevin Ingram: Ingram attributes the success of the college in their post-pandemic academic [...]

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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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