After two weeks of ballot counting and an election canvas, a winner has finally been announced for the Riley County commission District 3 seat. Kathryn Focke has won the seat over Candidate John Matta after a race that was too close to call for the past two weeks. The final results from Monday’s election canvas [...]
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Pottawatomie County health officials have confirmed the first COVID-19 related death in the county. According to Health Officer Liz Parthemer, the patient was a 79-year-old woman. No other details were released about her. A second patient, an 87-year-old man also died from COVID complications. Health officials are awaiting confirmation from the state health department on [...]
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Riley County is reporting 180 new positive COVID-19 cases and 54 recoveries since Friday. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 551 and recoveries to 2,422. Ascension Via Christi Hospital is currently caring for 11 positive patients and two Persons Under Investigation (PUI). Two of the PUIs and three of the positive [...]
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Students at all USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden schools will attend classes Nov. 23 and Nov. 24 as full distance learning days. In a letter to staff and families, Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade gave a one-week notice to all to prepare for the transition for the shortened school week ahead of Thanksgiving. Wade says by going this [...]
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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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Health experts are urging continued vigilance as Riley County braces for possibly its highest number of monthly infections to date. In Riley County, November has been off to a rough start. Through the first 13 days of the month, the health department added 548 new cases of COVID-19, including 410 cases just this week. To [...]
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Two Manhattan men are jailed for their roles in allegedly intimidating a witness from testifying in an ongoing court case. Riley County Police Thursday arrested 32-year-old Joseph Trevail at the Dillons Westloop on three charges of aggravated intimidation of a witness, criminal threat, stalking and harassment by telephone. Also arrested was 23-year-old James Medlin on [...]
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The fourth annual StartUp MHK business-pitch competition will conclude this weekend. Eight local entrepreneurs will present their business ideas to a panel of judges Saturday for the chance to win part of the $20,000 that is up for grabs. $8,000 will go to the winner of the Technical category, $8,000 will go to the winner [...]
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Riley County has reported its 14th COVID-19 related death. The victim was an 81-year-old male who died at the Wamego Health Center after testing positive on Nov. 1. Riley County is also reporting 170 new positive cases and 96 recoveries. This brings the county’s total number of active cases to 425 and recoveries to 2,368. [...]
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The Riley County Police Department wants the public to know about one program they have been using called Project Guardians. RCPD Director, Dennis Butler, tells KMAN they have been using the program for a while, but not many people know about it. He says the program is a way for families with members that are [...]
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