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Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrates 10 year anniversary Thursday

The Flint Hills Discovery Center celebrated 10 years in Manhattan Thursday with cake, giveaways, traditional Flint Hills music by Derrick Doty and Melissa Atchison, and the ever-popular balloon drop made popular at its family-friendly New Years Eve events. The FHDC was a product of the City of Manhattan’s South End Redevelopment beginning in 2007. The [...]

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Manhattan native’s “Cow Fences” wins Fort Hays State entrepreneurial challenge

A Fort Hays State University freshman from Manhattan recently took home the top prize in an entrepreneurial challenge with his business plan for “Cow Fences.” Ethan McPherson’s plan is built on the concept of a virtual farmer’s market and is slated to connect beef and pork producers directly to consumers. For his efforts, McPherson won [...]

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Four K-State faculty named university distinguished professors

Four internationally recognized Kansas State University faculty members have joined the ranks of university distinguished professors. They include Hans Coetzee, Roman Ganta, Brian Geisbrecht and Robert Goodband. The four were appointed following a university-wide nomination and evaluation process conducted by the provost. Coetzee, who heads the anatomy and physiology departments, is internationally recognized for developing [...]

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National Work Zone Awareness Week is officially underway

It is officially National Work Zone Awareness Week in Kansas, a week that promotes safety and the elimination of driver distractions on the road. KDOT Area Superintendent Jeff Romine stated that the week is to bring light to the hazards and dangers of driving through work zones and how to avoid them. Romine says with [...]

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K-State’s Vet Med shelter medicine program set to embark with new mobile clinic

K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine shelter medicine program is branching out with a new community outreach endeavor. For the past seven years, the program has traveled to smaller community vet clinics to perform mobile surgeries. These mobile surgery clinics has already seen success in other communities. Shelter Medicine Director Dr. Brad Crauer says they have [...]

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Riley County Weekly COVID Update 4/13/22

The Riley County Health Department says its identified 15 new COVID-19 cases and eight additional recoveries in the past week. The latest report out Wednesday showed health officials are aware of 18 known active COVID-19 cases in the county. Manhattan’s Ascension Via Christi Hospital had no COVID positive patients in the hospital, as trends continue [...]

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Pottawatomie County approves temp position for Treasurer’s Office

Pottawatomie County commissioners on Monday approved a temporary position to be created for the Treasurer’s Office, for a term of about four months. County Treasurer Lisa Wright says lately the workload in the office has created some challenges getting some of its scanning needs completed. Wright says her office has been trying to scan all [...]

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Riley, Pottawatomie County fire officials remain vigilant as fire danger continues

A new fire affecting mostly public property near Tuttle Creek Lake gave Riley County firefighters some challenges Monday. This one was in the area of Baldwin Park Road, north of University Park. Riley County issued a new disaster declaration to request assistance. No structures were threatened and no evacuations were said to be necessary as [...]

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Aggieville Parking Garage to open Friday

A ribbon cutting will take place Friday to celebrate the completion of the new Aggieville Parking Garage. Manhattan city officials are planning a 10 a.m. ceremony just east of the facility’s entrance off Laramie Street. It will include members of the city commission and city staff as well as the architect and general contractor and [...]

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Flint Hills Discovery Center to celebrate ten year anniversary

The Flint Hills Discovery Center kicked off their ten year anniversary celebration by recognizing their Friend of the Flint Hills. Susan Adams, Discovery Center director, says this year’s recipient was Bruce Snead. She says he has been involved in the community many years, including city commission and mayor as well as the current FHDC Foundation [...]

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