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The Manhattan City Commission will consider numerous rezoning requests, construction and purchasing decisions during its Tuesday meeting. One request asks to rezone the site of Acacia’s fraternity house at 2005 Hunting Ave. from low-density residential to residential with university-fringe overlay. The Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board recommended to deny the request after a 3-3 vote. [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission considered the fleet department’s request to switch to a new software and discussed a new home exterior improvement grant during Tuesday’s work session. Mayor Susan Adamchak was not present at the meeting. The fleet department — a division of public works — maintains all city-owned vehicles, equipment and trailers. The department [...]

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Manhattan city commissioner Andrew Von Lintel told The Mercury Friday he will remain in his position despite a “significant setback” and mental breakdown. “January 12th I had a very hard time going to sleep and I ended up with less than 1 hour of sleep that night,” Von Lintel wrote in a public statement on [...]

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Kansas State University officials gave a tour of its research-focused nuclear reactor facility on Thursday, explaining how 60-plus years of operation have aided fields beyond nuclear engineering, from health care to agriculture to manufacturing. K-State’s low-enriched uranium-fueled reactor is one of only 25 university-operated research reactors in the country, and the only one in Kansas. It [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners considered the future of Aggieville’s road construction, parking availability and trash services during Tuesday’s special meeting. The next and final part of the city’s 2019 redevelopment plan will be Moro Street’s reconstruction. Along with needed infrastructure upgrades like replacing water lines, city officials are working with the Olsson engineering firm to come [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission unanimously selected new commissioner Jim Morrison to serve on the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board. “I’ve been involved with law enforcement for 53 years in various forms,” Morrison said. “I have an idea of what accountability and responsibility the community is. I think I can bring maybe some critical issues [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission will hold a special meeting in place of its Jan. 13 work session, where commissioners will hear an update on Aggieville construction and be appointed to external and city boards. City officials will provide an update on Aggieville trash consolidation, Tax Increment Finance public infrastructure construction, the future Moro Street design [...]

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City commissioners on Tuesday dissolved the Frederick Douglass Recreation Complex Advisory Board upon its request. The commission’s decision also added two positions to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and amended that board’s bylaws. This consolidation makes a nine-member PRAB board with a requirement to use best efforts that two members are from Ward 1, [...]

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Carlos O’Kelly’s closed its doors permanently Tuesday after 37 years of business in Manhattan. The company confirmed the closure in a statement. “Closing our Manhattan Carlos O’Kelly’s was a difficult business decision,” restaurant officials said in an email to The Mercury. “Like many in the restaurant industry, we continually evaluate performance, and despite our best [...]

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The city of Manhattan is preparing for snow-clearing this winter through cooperation with Riley County, Pottawatomie County and USD 383. Director of Public Works Brian Johnson told city commissioners during a work session Tuesday that some roads are designated as a coop, meaning that while a road belongs to and is typically maintained by one [...]

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