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Riley County identified 106 new COVID-19 cases and 59 additional recoveries in its latest weekly report Wednesday, bringing the active case count to 147. Ascension Via Christi is caring for 10 COVID-positive patients, four of whom are in the Intensive Care Unit, with three on ventilators. The health department says one ICU patient is fully [...]

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A U.S. Department of Agriculture collaboration with a top pharmaceutical company is opening up opportunities and mentorships for scholars interested in careers at the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan. The department’s Agricultural Research Service has partnered with German-based Boehringer Ingelheim to expand a longstanding veterinary school program up to 12 veterinary students. [...]

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A Manhattan man is jailed after allegedly stealing another person’s bike at gunpoint. Riley County Police arrested 36-year-old James Norton Tuesday on a warrant listing several charges including aggravated armed robbery. The alleged incident took place around 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of Leavenworth Street. Police listed a 51-year-old male victim. The total [...]

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The City of Manhattan has switched to a new online payment system. With the flip of the calendar to the month of December, Manhattan switched to an online payment platform for sewer and water customers called Paymentus. Ron Fehr, city manager, talks about why they made the change. “The old system that we had was [...]

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The City of Manhattan has switched to a new online payment system. With the flip of the calendar to the month of December, Manhattan switched to an online payment platform for sewer and water customers called Paymentus. Ron Fehr, city manager, talks about why they made the change. “The old system that we had was [...]

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A March preliminary hearing is scheduled in the case of a Manhattan man charged in the death of his ex-wife earlier this fall. Kamahl Bobian, who remains jailed on a $1 million bond, will appear in court March 4 at 1 p.m. Magistrate Judge William Malcolm has scheduled a four hour setting, at the request [...]

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Kansas State University is putting a halt to its vaccine mandate for employees after a federal judge in Georgia Tuesday struck down President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for federal employees, contractors and other employees. President Richard Myers issued a statement saying university employees do not need to take any further action [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Commission has approved the 2022 wage plans that will see county employees receiving a 3 percent raise. It accounts for the 1.6 percent cost of living adjustment approved in the budget in August, plus an additional 1.4 percent increase approved recently by commissioners through American Rescue Plan Act funds. Director of Human [...]

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Riley County commissioners have adopted new land development regulations and driveway standards for the county. These new regulations and standards will repeal and replace the current ones on Jan 1. Planning Director Amanda Smeller says there are some regulations that are carrying over. Public hearings were held with the planning board to get recommendations for [...]

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A pair of funds have been set up to help cover funeral expenses for two Manhattan teenagers killed over the weekend in an early Sunday morning car crash. Eisenhower Middle School students , Gaysha Alfred and Kenni Cantu, both 14, died in the crash along K-18 at Scenic Drive. Three others were injured, including one [...]

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