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As water levels at Tuttle Creek Reservoir are on a rising trend once again, the Emergency Operations Center in Manhattan has re-opened in response. Officials from multiple emergency services across the City of Manhattan as well as Riley and Pottawatomie Counties will collaborate to monitor conditions at the lake and on the Kansas River. No [...]

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MANHATTAN — As temperatures heat up, Riley County Police Department officials are urging the public to take a moment and check your car. Too often, kids and animals get left unattended in hot vehicles. RCPD spokesperson Hali Rowland says it can be extremely dangerous and often fatal. “Obviously we don’t want kids or animals to [...]

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MANHATTAN — Things are progressing nicely for Pawnee Mental Health’s new Crisis Stabilization Center, located on Hayes Drive in Manhattan. The facility is undergoing a major renovation and soon will begin advertising for positions that the organization hopes to fill later this year. Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole tells KMAN some of the [...]

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Coordinator Vickie James, Board Member Adrian Self and Intern Rachel Van Gilder of the Food and Farm Council of Riley County and the City of Manhattan joined KMAN in-studio Thursday. Created more than 9 months ago, they discussed the progress they’ve made conducting interviews with stakeholder groups involved in the food system — from farmers [...]

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Officers filed a report for theft in the 400 block of Poyntz Ave. in Manhattan on. June 26, 2019 at approximately 9:10 PM. Officers listed a teenage female as the victim when she reported an unknown suspect took her Rose Gold iPhone 8. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $800.00. Police ask [...]

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Coordinator Vickie James, Board Member Adrian Self and Intern Rachel Van Gilder of the Farm and Food Council of Riley County and the City of Manhattan joined KMAN in-studio Thursday. Created more than 9 months ago, they discussed the progress they’ve made conducting interviews with stakeholder groups involved in the food system — from farmers [...]

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Manhattan City administration has shaved off more than 2 mills from the proposed 2020 budget since the first City Commission budget work session in May, but Commissioners want to see the property tax burden further reduced. They discussed the proposed budget at their Tuesday meeting. As it currently stands, the proposed 2020 budget features a [...]

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MANHATTAN — The Native Stone Chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse is opening a firework stand Monday that will help raise money for their organization. Spokesperson Lisa McCurdy says this is the most important fundraiser of the year for the organization. “It generates the funds we need for the year to provide things to the [...]

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GEARY COUNTY — One person is dead following an ATV accident Tuesday in rural Geary County. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called out to a rural field just off of Ava Road shortly after 4:30 p.m. in reference to an unresponsive man pinned under an ATV. Emergency responders determined the man to [...]

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MANHATTAN — Fire investigators have ruled the cause of Wednesday morning’s fire at Colonial Gardens mobile home park to be undetermined, with a loss of about $400,000 in damages. The Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office was requested to assist by responding an accelerant detection canine. The dog is used to sniff out traces of potential [...]

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