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Riley County commissioners gave consensus Monday not to move forward with the proposed Riley County Police department substation at this time. The substation would be located within the City of Manhattan’s proposed parking garage in Aggieville.  Original plans by RCPD included the substation and additional space for a training office. The law board endorsed the [...]

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Fraudulent unemployment claims have become more prominent over the past month or so, according to Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director. He says scammers are using social-security numbers and other pieces of personal information to file for unemployment claims under the names of other people. “The Department of Labor is seeing so many of [...]

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Fraudulent unemployment claims have become more prominent over the past month or so, according to Dennis Butler, Riley County Police Department director. He says scammers are using social-security numbers and other pieces of personal information to file for unemployment claims under the names of other people. “The Department of Labor is seeing so many of [...]

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A major reconstruction of the US 24/Green Valley Road intersection is going back to step one after Pottawatomie County commissioners decided Monday to rebid the project. The move comes weeks after initial bids came in more than 20 percent higher than the engineer’s estimate of $3.3 million. Hamm Construction submitted the low bid in early [...]

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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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  Offering the community a chance to come together during the Halloween season, Sunset Zoo has continued their annual tradition of “Spooktacular” from Oct. 22 through Oct. 27 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This event, held for over 20 years, was sold out as scores clad in cloaks, coats, blankets and most importantly masks [...]

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Five Manhattan firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19. The firefighters are believed to have contracted the virus at an event they attended while off-duty. Immediately following the positive test results, the Manhattan Fire Department and the Riley County Health Department began investigating if other emergency personnel or members of the public had been exposed. Contact [...]

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Local health officials say a wedding held in Riley County is the latest source of a COVID-19 outbreak, responsible for 22 of the 27 confirmed positive cases since Wednesday’s report. The wedding took place Oct. 17 and contact tracing staff are calling all known contacts in Riley County, but most guests were residents of other [...]

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