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As Manhattan continues work to begin construction on an Aggieville parking garage, city commissioners Tuesday voiced support for the cheapest option presented for the garage’s exterior. The parking garage in Aggieville along with street and utility improvements along Laramie and 12th Streets are the first of an estimated $30 million in public projects identified in [...]

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Manhattan Tuesday cleared the way for a developer to pursue a building permit for a second Tommy’s Express Car Wash in West Manhattan. Despite traffic concerns, Manhattan City Commissioners unanimously voted to amend Westloop Shopping Center’s final development plan in order to allow the car wash under some conditions laid out by the Manhattan Urban [...]

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Three men, including a pair from Wamego are facing federal charges for illegally hunting whitetail deer in off-limit areas of Fort Riley where explosives are discharged for tranining exercises. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Wednesday that 55-year-old Gregory Frikken and 32-year-old James Nunley, both of Wamego and 55-year-old Michael J. Smith of Watertown, New York [...]

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Riley County continues to see improvement in the number of positive cases of coronavirus locally. Health officials announced no new cases Wednesday and remains at 60 total positive cases since mid-March. Of that total, six cases are currently active 53 people have recovered and one person has died. There are currently 83 pending test results [...]

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Former Manhattan Mayor Mike Dodson has filed for the vacant 67th district House seat in the Kansas Legislature. The retired U.S. Army veteran filed for the seat Wednesday, a day after Tom Phillips announced he wasn’t seeking re-election this fall. Dodson tells KMAN he still has the energy and desire to serve as an advocate [...]

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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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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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Manhattan will not require face masks in public spaces in an effort to further prevent the spread of COVID-19, instead opting to look at other ways to encourage residents to abide by health and safety guidelines. City commissioners Tuesday via Zoom discussed a potential ordinance or resolution, first proposed out of health concerns by Mayor [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Commission authorized officials to move forward in the application process for newly-available COVID-19 relief funds through the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant program, also known as CDBG-CV, during a meeting Monday. The decision came after Jack Allston, the executive director of the Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation, provided information [...]

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Manhattan State Representative Tom Phillips will not seek re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives. “There’s never a good time to let go of something you enjoy, but I just felt like if I wanted to write a new chapter in my life I have to close this one. I have still my energy level [...]

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