Bonnie Rose Barrett, Mrs. K-State, and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and loyal friend, passed away on December 2, 2024, at the age of 92. The daughter of Susie and Ed Frommer, Bonnie was born on December 24th, 1931, in Valley Falls KS. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1949 and attended Kansas State [...]
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Riley County Police Officers filed a report of vehicle burglary in the 1900 block of College Heights Road on Saturday around 10 A.M. Officers listed a 20-year-old male as the victim, who reported that a plate carrier and ceramic plates were stolen from his vehicle by an unknown subject. Total loss associated with this report [...]
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Nearly 1,300 people — some dressed as turkeys — bundled up and flocked to Aggieville Thursday morning to begin their Thanksgiving Day celebrations with a jaunt about town. The ninth annual MHK Turkey Trot 5K race kicked off shortly after 9 a.m., leading 1,278 runners and walkers from Moro Street in Aggieville through City Park, [...]
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A Manhattan man was injured in a single-vehicle accident just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Saline County, Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jeffrey Lee Sims, 50, of Manhattan, was driving a 2020 Kia Sportage westbound in the 1600 block of West State Street. The vehicle veered off the south side of the [...]
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The Sentinel Homeowners with houses built on ground leased from the City of Council Grove around the city-owned lake, are being threatened with having their leases canceled unless they pay $25,000 and agree to the land being annexed. While the city owns the lake — which is a few miles outside the city limits — [...]
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By Emma Loura The school board on Wednesday voted unanimously to accept a $465,469 bid for services from BHS Construction to cover costs of changes to the park, some of which it will split with the city. Park improvements the district will pay for solely include relocated throwing areas for discus, shot put and javelin [...]
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By Emma Loura Members of the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday took their first look at a proposed rate increase of 2.24% for a modest double-occupancy room with limited dining options at K-State in the 2025-26 school year. The jump for a newly renovated or constructed room with unlimited dining options would be 3.52%. [...]
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 The project consulting team of Stantec and BBN Architects have started a third round of public engagement for the East Manhattan Gateway Plan project on behalf of the City of Manhattan, and are looking for resident input. The East Manhattan Gateway Plan is a corridor and area plan for the area extending along the [...]
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By Megan Moser USD 383 school board member Karla Hagemeister announced Wednesday she doesn’t plan to run for another term when hers is up in 2026. Hagemeister is in her second term on the board for the Manhattan-Ogden district. She told The Mercury in a phone interview Wednesday she feels it is the right time [...]
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RCPD is investigating after someone broke a window at the Eisenhower Rec Center. Officers filed the report just after 8:30 a.m. on Monday and are reporting that a known suspect broke a window at the rec center. Officers list Manhattan Parks and Rec as the victim in this case that is being described as criminal [...]
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