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The Riley County Law Board has approved letters requesting the city of Manhattan and Riley County provide funding through American Rescue Plan Act grants that they’ll be receiving from the federal government. The funding would provide for a two-percent employee pay adjustment for the remainder of the year, cover Emergency Leave for COVID from 2020 [...]

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September 22nd, the mark of this years autumnal equinox, and for many, a reason to pull out their fall decorations as they cool down from the summer and wave off the appearance of the cold, snowy days of winter. Mary Knapp, K-State Research and Extension, says the autumnal equinox marks the official start of autumn, [...]

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September 22nd, the mark of this years autumnal equinox, and for many, a reason to pull out their fall decorations as they cool down from the summer and wave off the appearance of the cold, snowy days of winter. Mary Knapp, K-State Research and Extension, says the autumnal equinox marks the official start of autumn, [...]

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Construction in Manhattan’s North Campus Corridor along Kimball Ave. will soon move into its next phase. City officials gave the green light Tuesday night to award a $4 million grant funded contract to Bayer Construction for the redevelopment of Kimball where it curves around the NBAF campus. City Manager Ron Fehr says some of the [...]

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Kansas State University is offering buyouts to faculty nearing retirement. In a letter penned in Monday’s edition of K-State Today, President Richard Myers announced the one-time voluntary separation incentive program which allows eligible, tenured faculty an option to leave a year early. The is pays out a lump-sum cash payment equal to that employee’s 2022 [...]

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It may have been on the consent agenda, but the city’s 2022 budget passed the Manhattan City Commission by the barest of margins Tuesday night. With a property tax increase of three-point-499 mills facing residents, commissioner Mark Hatesohl opened the discussion by saying he was voting no on the budget after agreeing to the increase [...]

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Update – 6 a.m. Thursday Fire investigators have determined that a house fire in northwest Manhattan Tuesday evening was accidental. The Manhattan Fire Department says the fire, at 3341 Effingham Drive, started as a result of improperly disposed of smoking materials. Firefighters rescued six pets from the fire and two of them died from their [...]

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Fun runs, walks, gift cards, barbecue, and fellowship are all part of the upcoming schedule for Shepherd’s Crossing. Executive Director, Beth Klug, tells KMAN Shepherd’s Crossing opened their doors on April 3, 2001 as a way to positively address the financial needs of those in the community, and now, after twenty years of service, a [...]

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An Ohio man pleaded guilty last month in federal court after admitting he called in a threat to Manhattan’s Lee Elementary School, in November 2019, which turned out to be a hoax. Allen Kenna, 20, also admitted at the Aug. 18 hearing that he was planning to set off an explosive device at a high [...]

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Questions remain over how Pottawatomie County will approach a potential cost share agreement for eventual paving on a stretch of Elm Slough Road, east of the Flush Road interchange. At issue is the prospect of right-of-way acquisitions where a new residential development is being proposed. The developer is required to pay for the 750 feet [...]

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