Local News

Construction will begin Monday on North Manhattan Avenue in Aggieville, which will close a portion of the street from Fremont to Moro through this fall. McCown Gordon and the City of Manhattan will begin work Monday on the next Aggieville Vision phase. The full project will encompass North Manhattan Avenue from Fremont to Bluemont Avenue [...]

A former Taekwondo instructor from Wamego will spend the next three years on probation after a Pottawatomie County judge sentenced him for convictions on two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Scott Hertzig pleaded guilty earlier this year two the charges following his arrest last year. In court Thursday he read a letter, acknowledging [...]

The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrated 10 years in Manhattan Thursday with cake, giveaways, traditional Flint Hills music by Derrick Doty and Melissa Atchison, and the ever-popular balloon drop made popular at its family-friendly New Years Eve events. The FHDC was a product of the City of Manhattan’s South End Redevelopment beginning in 2007. The [...]

A Fort Hays State University freshman from Manhattan recently took home the top prize in an entrepreneurial challenge with his business plan for “Cow Fences.” Ethan McPherson’s plan is built on the concept of a virtual farmer’s market and is slated to connect beef and pork producers directly to consumers. For his efforts, McPherson won [...]

Four internationally recognized Kansas State University faculty members have joined the ranks of university distinguished professors. They include Hans Coetzee, Roman Ganta, Brian Geisbrecht and Robert Goodband. The four were appointed following a university-wide nomination and evaluation process conducted by the provost. Coetzee, who heads the anatomy and physiology departments, is internationally recognized for developing [...]

It is officially National Work Zone Awareness Week in Kansas, a week that promotes safety and the elimination of driver distractions on the road. KDOT Area Superintendent Jeff Romine stated that the week is to bring light to the hazards and dangers of driving through work zones and how to avoid them. Romine says with [...]

K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine shelter medicine program is branching out with a new community outreach endeavor. For the past seven years, the program has traveled to smaller community vet clinics to perform mobile surgeries. These mobile surgery clinics has already seen success in other communities. Shelter Medicine Director Dr. Brad Crauer says they have [...]

Pottawatomie County commissioners on Monday approved a temporary position to be created for the Treasurer’s Office, for a term of about four months. County Treasurer Lisa Wright says lately the workload in the office has created some challenges getting some of its scanning needs completed. Wright says her office has been trying to scan all [...]

A new fire affecting mostly public property near Tuttle Creek Lake gave Riley County firefighters some challenges Monday. This one was in the area of Baldwin Park Road, north of University Park. Riley County issued a new disaster declaration to request assistance. No structures were threatened and no evacuations were said to be necessary as [...]