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By Rose Gruenbacher Scorpius BioManufacturing officials on Thursday told The Mercury the original deal they made with the state to construct a $650-million, 500,000-square-foot vaccine and biologic medicine plant is off after they failed to meet an end-of-year timeline, though they said the door is open to renegotiate a new agreement. “I think there’s a [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Riley County and the city of Manhattan will enter an official agreement to split costs for aerial surveys. Riley County commissioners on Thursday signed their part to formalize the deal, which in the past had only been a verbal agreement that the city would reimburse the county for its portion of [...]

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  Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday advocated for Kansas and for his home base of Manhattan during the confirmation hearings for U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins. Moran was one of several senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee asking questions of Rollins, who is Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture. Moran [...]

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By Megan Moser According to a report earlier this year by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan under-performed in several metrics that indicate economic health. Manhattan posted 0% job growth, according to a 2024 report, which was well below that of the four peer cities the report used for comparison. For instance, Ames, Iowa, [...]

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The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously voted to outsource mowing and upkeep services to two outside companies, making up for staff shortages and saving the district some cash. Previously, USD 383 employed three full-time groundskeepers to take care of nearly 310 acres across 24 district locations, but all three have shifted to other [...]

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The 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley has returned to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, for a division-level training rotation. It’s the third time an entire division has undergone training at the NTC and the 1st Infantry Division’s first time back since 2021. Traditionally, NTC rotations have been the domain of individual [...]

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Officers in Riley County have arrested a local man for failure to appear in court for a preliminary evaluation. Police arrested Anthony Sutton, 42, of Manhattan on Wednesday evening at approximately 7:30 p.m. on a Riley County District Court warrant for failing to appear in court. The charge stems from a Sept. 25, 2024 arrest [...]

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Tensions were high Tuesday as Manhattan city commissioners unanimously voted to let a developer change the Midtown project from an office building to a hotel with a parking garage in Aggieville. The amendment to a previously approved agreement allows Back 9 Development and owner TJ Vilkanskas to build a 105-room hotel and 100-stall parking garage [...]

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Four new members took their seats on the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board Tuesday. County commissioners Greg McKinley and Kathryn Focke as well as Orville Maupin and Craig Beardsley were sworn into their positions at the police board’s first meeting of 2025, which took place on a Tuesday because of the Martin Luther King [...]

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The American Red Cross will be hosting the annual Manhattan Community Blood Drive this Thursday and Friday at Pottorf Hall in CiCo Park. The blood drive will be from noon until 6 p.m. on Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Friday. Kristi Ingalls with the American Red Cross says there are several [...]

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