A Silver Lake man has entered a plea of guilty to aggravated battery while DUI in connection with an October 2014 accident in Pottawatomie county that left two men seriously injured. Cameron Renfro entered the plea the end of last week in Pottawatomie County District court and will be sentenced March 17th. He was to have had
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Workforce was a common theme at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan Monday, with presentations by Manhattan Area Technical College and K-State officials. As we heard last month following the leadership retreat involving area officials held in Overland Park, workforce continues to be the number one concern of many in the Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary county
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With spring around the corner, agricultural burning was discussed during Monday morning’s Riley County commission meeting. Pat Collins, the county’s emergency management director, told commissioners the public should expect an abundance of burning from now going into March. Collins said there are no controlled burns allowed in April due to the county’s smoke management plan.
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Not much more information involving a Riley County Police arrest of a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. A KMAN announced Sunday, Donnie Hill, 43, was taken into custody at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Seth Child and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft
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A Westmoreland man is looking to help Pottawatomie county grow by running for the District 3 seat on the Pottawatomie County Commission. Travis Altenhofen, 26, graduated from K-State Polytechnic in 2013 with degrees in aeronautical technology and finance. Altenhofen, a Republican, currently serves on the Rock Creek school board. He says it isn’t as much
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Two local community members were honored at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce’s 91st Annual Meeting and Banquet Friday night in the Manhattan Conference Center inside the Hilton Garden Inn. The chamber awarded Rod Harms as its 2015 C. Clyde Jones Volunteer of the Year and Jan Miller was honored as the 2015 Lud Fiser
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Police arrested Robert Weixelman, 35, of Manhattan, on Thursday evening at approximately 10:00 p.m. on the offenses of violation of a protection order and stalking. This arrest stems from actions violating a court order which occurred on the afternoon prior to the arrest in the 600 block of Osage St. Bond was set at $10,000. An Ogden woman
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The Riley County Police Department has plans for a proposed service building expansion, but what wasn’t planned was the cost estimate of such a project. The estimate brought forth to the Riley County Law Board Tuesday has a price tag of $775,000. “We were a little surprised about the price,” RCPD Director Brad Schoen told
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Riley County Police will soon be stepping up traffic safety efforts in area school zones. Beginning on February 29th and ending March 13th, officers will join Law Enforcement agencies across Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma in a traffic safety operation, working to reduce teen driver related fatalities and collisions. To try and alter this trend, law
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Lauren Hess, 25, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 600 block of Poyntz Ave. on February 17, 2016 at approximately 1:00 PM. This arrest came after police received reports of a vehicle that was not operating safely and had been involved in a collision with a curb. This tip led to the arrest which
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