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The Riley County Health Department will lift most COVID-19 restrictions on businesses, starting Monday, March 1. Riley County Local Health Officer Julie Gibbs has issued Health Order No. 20 which rescinds all parts of Order 19 except for mandatory masks and face coverings to be worn in all public spaces throughout the county. Residents are [...]

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Riley County is reporting nine new positive cases of COVID since Monday. In addition, 47 recoveries have also been reported, bringing the active case count to 96 as of Wednesday’s report. The percent positive rate for the week of Feb. 14 dropped to 3 percent according to the health department from 62 positives out of [...]

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The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program recently finished its course work and graduation for the 2020-21 program year. This year marks the 29th class put on by the FHLP and Executive Director Jack Lindquist’s fifth class.  Lindquist was originally worried if and how they were going to hold this year’s class due to COVID. “We [...]

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Budget discussion and property taxes Mayor Wynn Butler asked Manhattan city commissioners Tuesday to state whether they will support property-tax increases during upcoming budget discussions. Commissioner Usha Reddi pushed back, calling Butler’s question unfair. “For the past seven years, you want us to say one way or the other without getting all the information,” Reddi [...]

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Kansas State University is eyeing a return to in-person learning in the fall. In a letter to the university community Wednesday, K-State President Richard Myers says with decreasing COVID numbers and hospitalizations locally, coupled with and an increased availability of vaccines, the university has a more hopeful future. Myers says if the trends continue, the [...]

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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 [...]

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A popular steakhouse restaurant caught fire early Wednesday morning. Junction City firefighters were called out just after 4 a.m. to Munson’s Prime at 426 Goldenbelt, just north of Interstate 70. The building was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on scene. The building sustained significant damage. A fire official tells KMAN firefighters were able to bring [...]

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More than 1,100 calls for service were logged in 2020 by the Pottawatomie County Fire Department. Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes presented numbers at Monday’s Pottawatomie County Commission meeting. He says 42 percent of calls were for EMS response with another 15 percent coming on calls for grass or range fires. Barnes also presented information to [...]

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The City of Manhattan has branded its 8-month strategic planning effort approved last month as “CrossroadsMHK: Shape what matters. Choose our path.” In addition to the name, the city has scheduled the first round of public engagement meetings for the week of March 22 as the city looks to develop a city-wide strategic plan to [...]

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