Officers filed a report for theft in the 1200 block of S Manhattan Ave in Manhattan on May 23, 2019 at approximately 10:10 AM. Officers listed Jordan Mace, 20, of St. George as the victim when he reported an unknown suspect scammed him out of money. The estimated total loss associated with this case is [...]
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MANHATTAN — Tuttle Creek Lake is now officially at its second highest level, surpassing 1,128 feet Friday morning, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins says the levels at the lake surpassed the the level in 1973, when it reached 1,127.9 feet. The record for the lake [...]
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MANHATTAN — The City of Manhattan is encouraging residents to stay alert with the ongoing wet weather and rising waters at Tuttle Creek Lake. No significant releases from the lake are scheduled or anticipated for the immediate future, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. The lake level as of Thursday was 1127.36 feet. [...]
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MANHATTAN — Our area could use an extended break from severe weather and heavy rains, but the way the current weather pattern is shaping up, it could be an active next few days with strong to severe thunderstorms. In fact, slight severe weather chances exist now through Saturday for the Manhattan area and a large [...]
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MANHATTAN — Kansas State University has selected Thomas Lane as the university’s new vice president for student life and dean of students. Kansas State University President Richard Myers announced the appointment of Lane, who currently serves as associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Missouri State University. “We are excited to [...]
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MANHATTAN — The Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University has announced just how much funding has been raised this year for cancer research. The university said Wednesday the research center awarded $345,042 in fiscal year 2019. In addition to $50,000 to establish a Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer Research and nearly $115,000 [...]
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The Army Corps of Engineers held an information meeting for the public to inform them on the current conditions of Tuttle Creek and the dam. The main purpose of the meeting was to explain the corps’ flood control functions, the operations of the local basin lakes, and why the lakes have so much water in [...]
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MANHATTAN — The Manhattan area got some reprieve from rainfall Wednesday, but not before several more chances heading into Memorial Day weekend. Meteorologist Audra Hennecke with the National Weather Service in Topeka says the area remains in an active pattern with not a whole lot of change in flow. Hennecke says as the rainy pattern [...]
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Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery in Manhattan on May 21, 2019, at approximately 3:30 PM. Officers listed a 20-year-old female as the victim and a 24-year-old male known to her as the suspect. Due to the nature of the crime reported (domestic), no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report [...]
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The Manhattan City Commission called a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the potential for flooding in the area. (Full video of Tuesday’s meeting can be found above). Tuttle Creek Lake has reached the third highest water level in its history, reaching over 1126 feet as of Tuesday evening. The emergency spillway gates won’t need to [...]
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