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Eight classrooms at seven daycare facilities have been shut down due to staff members, all of whom are 18 to 24-years old, testing positive for COVID-19. Some of the daycare facilities have decided to close completely. Each classroom holds about 10 children and close contacts of the children and staff members will have to complete [...]

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Kansas State University is urging students, staff and faculty to stay close to their respective campuses over Labor Day weekend. The message, which went out to students, staff and faculty at K-State campuses in Manhattan, Salina and Johnson County, is in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers across the state of Kansas. While most young [...]

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For the first time in months a live music event is taking place in Manhattan The Purple Power Animal Welfare Society is holding its first Beer, Bands and Barks fundraiser to help foster dogs thru their program, complete with live music, beer and some Purple PAWS rescue dogs. Susan Clasen joined KMAN’s In Focus Thursday [...]

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Following the first week of classes at Manhattan Catholic Schools, students are adjusting to in person learning with new restrictions. Students at MCS are attending classes five days a week, unlike their USD 383 neighbors where students are in person only part of the time. Principal Mike Hubka says they did lose some students as [...]

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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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Riley County commissioners on Thursday accepted a $132,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce to be used to assist businesses in the county, but not within Manhattan city limits. The Community Development Block Grant-COVID provides funding to help local businesses retain jobs, for low to moderate income persons, which may be lost as a [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission Tuesday approved the establishment of a Benefit District and paving the alleyway located in the 1200 block between Kearney Street and Vattier Street. This alley was previously identified by Public Works in the bottom three conditioned alleys from 2018 assessments, prior to the redevelopment of this block from several small rental [...]

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Several opportunities to get free testing for COVID-19 are coming to Riley County in the next week. The Riley County Health Department is partnering with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Flint Hills Wellness Coalitiion for three different free drive thru testing stations througout the county. The first will take place from [...]

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Authorities in Pottawatomie County are looking for a vehicle stolen from an east Manhattan dealership recently. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager says they’re looking for a stolen Silver 2010 Chevrolet 1500 4-wheel drive extended cab truck. It’s modified with a suspension lift, off-road front bumper, black custom wheels, a roof mounted light bar, black flares [...]

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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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