Sam Hennigh

Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to two vehicle related incidents. The Sheriff’s Office responded to the 9700 block of Lavender Lane, in Manhattan on November 27th for a vehicle burglary. Several items were removed from the vehicle including the victim’s debit card. The stolen debit card was used at the Short Stop gas station on South Port [...]

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The Manhattan City Commission unanimously approved increases to water utility rates Tuesday. The rates for water and wastewater will increase 3%, along with a 3% increase and fixed $1.66 surcharge per equivalent unit for stormwater. This surcharge increase will help to pay for the levee project, which should cover around 70% of the costs.  The [...]

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Manhattan businesses are encouraging residents to shop locally this weekend, with a focus on Small Business Saturday. Downtown Manhattan Executive Director Gina Scroggs says Small Business Saturday is a reminder to people about the impact small businesses have on a local economy. “In an attempt to educate our community about why it’s so important to [...]

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The City of Manhattan’s mayor requested the Riley County commission follow the governor’s mask order during their meeting Thursday. During public comment, Mayor Usha Reddi spoke to the commission about implementing a county wide mask mandate.  She says while there was push back from the city’s mandate, overall it has been a success. “It’s worked really [...]

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Don’t worry children of Manhattan , Santa Claus IS coming to town. Santa Claus will be visiting the Manhattan Town Center to meet with children and families.  Visits with Santa are scheduled to begin Nov. 27 and will continue through Christmas Eve (Dec. 24th). Reservations are strongly encouraged with walk-up visits available as space allows [...]

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After two weeks of ballot counting and an election canvas, a winner has finally been announced for the Riley County commission District 3 seat. Kathryn Focke has won the seat over Candidate John Matta after a race that was too close to call for the past two weeks. The final results from Monday’s election canvas [...]

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The latest unofficial results for the commission district 3 race has a difference of 47 votes. Speaking to the Riley County commission, County Clerk Rich Vargo presented the latest unofficial results for the race.  Candidate Kathryn Focke now leads the race with 4,764 votes, with Candidate John Matta so far receiving 4,717 votes. Vargo says [...]

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Riley County has distributed $7 million in CARES act funding throughout the county. Speaking to the Riley County commission Thursday, Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison wanted to update the commission and the public on how much money was going out to keep up with transparency. $591,000 is going to towards the small business and [...]

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More mail in ballots have come into the Riley County clerk’s office, with the results still too close to call for the county commission District 3 seat. The new results as of Wednesday show only a single vote difference now in favor of Democratic Candidate Kathryn Focke.  At the end of election night, the unofficial [...]

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