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*Story updated Saturday after business owners came together to announce Fake Patty’s Day was cancelled Aggieville remains open for business, but no longer are bars going to be offering promotions or wrist band for Fake Patty’s Day amid concerns for the spread of coronavirus. The annual event brings thousands into the district for a celebration, [...]

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Release from Kansas Insurance Department. Topeka – The Kansas Insurance Department has been in communication with all major medical insurance carriers offering fully insured health plans in Kansas regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As of today, The Department can confirm that all major medical insurance carriers for fully insured plans are committed to waiving the [...]

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Release from the Attorney General’s office. TOPEKA – A Kansas price-gouging law that prohibits profiteering by raising prices on items consumers find necessary because of the COVID-19 virus outbreak is now in effect statewide, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Friday. “The Kansas anti-profiteering statute is rarely invoked but is designed to prevent opportunistic greed [...]

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(This is a developing story and will be updated) There will be no classes for USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden students for at least the next two weeks. The district on Friday announced a mandatory closure of all district schools until March 30. The 14-day mandate came from the Riley County Health Department. It applies to all [...]

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The Manhattan Conference Center expansion project is moving forward ahead of schedule. Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard says the project calls for additional 11,000 sq. ft. to the center. That equals to about half of the ballroom.  The roof is almost on the expansion and the project is almost to the point where [...]

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Friday’s program featured a conversation with Ascension Via Christi Hospital President Bob Copple on the COVID-19 strain. We also spoke with Dr. Travis Dierenfeldt with GI Consultants about Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Mayor Usha Reddi also joined us to discuss the city’s response to COVID-19.  

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