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Two teachers have been nominated at Manhattan-Odgen USD 383 for 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year Manhattan-Ogden announced Lindsey Umscheid and Emily Yeager as nominees. Umscheid is a 1st grade teacher at Frank V. Bergman Elementary School. She earned her B.S in Elementary Education from Kansas State University in 2005. She has been with USD [...]

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Key dates were announced Thursday by Kansas State University, related to its Dec. 8 deadline for all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In order to comply with the new federal executive order as an entity which receives federal funding, all K-State faculty and staff as well as graduate and undergraduate student employees must [...]

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The Crisis Center, Inc. celebrated 40 years of Service to the Community Wednesday night. So far this year, the Crisis Center has served over 2,700 people through face-to-face and hotline services, providing over 4,800 hours of service for victims. Executive Director Kathy Ray says moving forward, they have been talking about re-convening the Flint Hills [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department is investigating a Wednesday fire in the Colonial Gardens Mobile Home Park. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. to a single-wide mobile home with smoke showing from multiple openings on the home. One dog was rescued by maintenance before firefighters arrived on scene and a second dog was rescued by fire [...]

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Dozens of residents gathered at Anthony Recreation Center as negotiations continued with the Kansas Gas Service about tree cutting for the Gary Avenue Project. A third public meeting was held to discuss the exposed pipeline near Gary Avenue. Due to the exposed transmission line, Kansas Gas Service has planned a clear-cutting project in order to [...]

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An alleged threat made against Junction City High School over social media Wednesday morning was determined to be a false alarm. According to a Facebook post by Junction City Police Wednesday, it was determined the threat was not directed at the high school but rather a different high school in another state. It’s unclear what [...]

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Flint Hills Christian School is currently undergoing construction for a new expansion. Board Member Dr. Moni El-Aasar and Director of Advancement Jordan Candido, spoke with KMAN about the latest for the project. Dr. El-Aasar says the scope of the project is to have two classrooms per grade from pre-k to 6th grade. Overall, the project [...]

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Riley County health officials identified 38 new positive Coronavirus cases Wednesday and 54 additional recoveries since the last weekly report Oct. 21. Among the 92 active cases, four COVID-positive patients are being treated at Ascension Via Christi, including three who are in the Intensive Care Unit. Three are unvaccinated and one fully vaccinated patient is [...]

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Face masks are no longer required to be worn in Manhattan city-operated facilities, starting today. The directive from city staff is that masks are now strongly recommended inside facilities for vaccinated or unvaccinated people aged two or older, but not mandated. City Manager Ron Fehr said in a release Tuesday that the situation in Manhattan is [...]

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Sunset Zoo welcomes the only albino wallaby in the nation. Marketing and Development Officer for Sunset Zoo Melissa Kirkwood says, the public is welcome to come see him, though he may be hiding in the familiar tall grass much like his native Australian grass lands.   Kirkwood says, it is a genetic abnormality, his mother has had other [...]

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