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International students currently enrolled at Kansas State University can continue their studies remotely and not have it impact their visa status. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced rescinded guidelines Tuesday for the Student Exchange Visitor program. Previously, it stated international students would be required to take some in-person classes. The action means they won’t [...]

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The Pottawatomie County Fair will go on, but with some adjustments due to COVID-19. The Fair Board, in consultation with the County Extension Office and recommendations with the Pottawatomie County Health Department announced plans Tuesday with some modifications. It will be open to the public July 30 through August 2. Some activities will be reduced [...]

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Riley County’s top election official says the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the number of poll workers that will be available to assist in the Aug. 4 primary. “We’ve had 81 poll workers for the general election tell us they won’t work this (primary) election. The good news is our community has been responsive and have [...]

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The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police.  Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further.  Those arrested are presumed innocent [...]

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With less than a month until the official start date for school, members of the USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden School board Wednesday will be presented a first draft of the district’s reopening plan. In a letter to USD 383 families and staff sent Tuesday, the district announced it plans to move forward with both remote and [...]

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The Riley County Commission Monday gave consensus to put a mask recommendation into the county’s next local health order. Commissioners debated the language of the mask recommendation. With Manhattan’s mask ordinance, the commission didn’t want to mandate masks for residents living outside the city, nor have language that closely resembled that. Commissioner John Ford stated [...]

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Fort Riley today is conducting a required, annual Full-Scale exercise to test the installation’s electrical grid and backup power generation. During the exercise, short term, rolling power outages will occur. Housing areas may be affected for short time periods. In addition, Saddle Horn Road, between Trooper Drive and Steeplechase will be closed to accommodate today’s [...]

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More people are expected to vote by mail this year, due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Requests for mail ballots is up significantly in both Riley and Pottawatomie counties ahead of the August primary and voter participation is also likely to be high, especially with the presidential election coming. Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo [...]

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Riley County currently is monitoring 153 active cases of COVID-19 with 195 people now listed as recovered. Pottawatomie County was monitoring six active cases Friday, with 83 listed recoveries. As of Friday, Ascension Via Christi was monitoring zero patients. One person who previously was on a ventilator has now tested negative and is now recovering [...]

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