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A former Manhattan concrete company operator has been banned from doing business in Kansas. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a Friday news release that Douglas Bell III, doing business as Custom Concrete Contractors, was permanently banned after failing to honor a two-year warranty on the installation of an entrance and driveway for a [...]

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Pawnee Mental Health Services is launching a new website in celebration of its 65th anniversary. PMHS executive director Robbin Cole says that while the website will have the same URL, it will feature a lot of new information. “Information about how to apply for jobs at Pawnee Mental Health [services], who the leadership of the [...]

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An incorporation petition has been submitted to the Pottawatomie County Commission by residents living in the Blue Township area, east of Manhattan. The petition, submitted March 21, would establish the City of Green Valley in southwestern  Pottawatomie County with a northern boundary along Junietta Road, a southern boundary primarily along the Hwy 24 corridor and [...]

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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Firefighters battled a house fire near Leonardville Thursday evening. Riley County Fire responded shortly before 8 p.m. to a fully engulfed home near Hwy 24 and Barton Road. Everyone inside reportedly got out safely but the home sustained extensive damage and is a total loss. Two family pets perished in the fire. The cause of [...]

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The City of Manhattan hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to celebrate the opening of the new Douglass Activity Center. Dozens gathered in the facility’s gymnasium to take part in the festivities, which included speeches from mayor Wynn Butler, Douglass Activity Center director David Baker, Douglass Center Advisory Board chair Debbie Nuss, city manager Ron Fehr [...]

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Wamego Health Center senior administrator Steve Land has announced that he will step down from the position he has held since 2016. He is leaving to take over as Director of Rehab at Community HealthCare System in Onaga. This won’t be Land’s first venture into the field of rehab. As a licensed physical therapist, he [...]

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Wamego Health Center senior administrator Steve Land has announced that he will step down from the position he has held since 2016. He is leaving to take over as Director of Rehab at Community HealthCare System in Onaga. This won’t be Land’s first venture into the field of rehab. As a licensed physical therapist, he [...]

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The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals ruled in favor this week of the Manhattan Home Depot store on its 2018 appraisal from Riley County. In its summary judgement, the board ruled Riley County must refund over $150,000 to the home improvement retailer, which appealed its appraisal using the hypothetical lease fee value approach (or dark [...]

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The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals ruled in favor this week of the Manhattan Home Depot store on its 2018 appraisal from Riley County. In its summary judgement, the board ruled Riley County must refund over $150,000 to the home improvement retailer, which appealed its appraisal using the hypothetical lease fee value approach (or dark [...]

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