KMAN Staff

Annual reports were heard Wednesday during the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden School Board meeting from the English Speakers of Other Languages program and Manhattan Virtual Academy. District ESOL Coordinator Emily Cherms says something they have been working on is a program called bilingual book bags. She says the bags include native language books and bilingual dictionaries. [...]

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The K-State Department of Agricultural Economics has surpassed its 2 million dollar fundraising goal for the Barry Flinchbaugh Chair in Agricultural Economics. This chair will help contribute to food and agricultural policy across the state and nation in honor of the late Flinchbaugh, who according to current department head Allen Featherstone, dreamed of endowing a chair to build [...]

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The Riley County Seniors Center is bringing a special guest to the Christmas holiday lunch. Liz Nelson, seniors service center program director, tells KMAN the holiday lunch will take place on December 10, and following the lunch this year will be a guest speaker- Sally Newton. Nelson says Newton is a local scientist at Kansas [...]

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Manhattan City Commissioners are interested in further exploration of options to address waste in and tidy up Aggieville’s alleys, though talk of exclusive service contracts in the district drew concern. City officials discussed strategies to clean up and consolidate trash and grease repositories in the business district at their Tuesday work session, part of an [...]

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If inflation at the grocery store makes you cringe, farmers trying to purchase fertilizer and herbicides can more than relate. Greg McClure, Riley County K-State Ag Extension Agent, says anhydrous ammonia prices are what scares him a lot right now. He says prices last December were $424 a ton, but today, that isn’t the case. [...]

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Tuttle Creek Lake levels are right where they need to be for this time of year. Tuttle Creek Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty says the rain during this season has led to some rising in levels. Initially the lake rose about three feet, then more later on in the season. When the winter months start [...]

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Riley County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to not create a policy for federal vaccine mandates for county employees. The areas of concern were going to be for the heath and EMS departments, due to each receiving federal funding from Medicare and/or Medicaid. This new mandate would affect facilities covered by these entities and non-compliance could [...]

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The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals in November rejected a Riley County request for reconsideration of a ruling that would refund more than $88,000 to Home Depot. County Counselor Clancy Holeman says Riley County is evaluating its next steps regarding a possible new appeal in court, but if things remain as is then the sum [...]

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Riley County police are investigating after a vehicle caused thousands of dollars in damages at Anneberg Park in Manhattan. An unknown person or persons are reported to have driven a vehicle onto a soccer field at the park and intentionally spun their tires. The tires caused visible turf damage and those responsible also struck and [...]

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