Manhattan city officials are planning to remove the Mayor’s Holiday Tree in Triangle Park. The 18-foot-tall Colorado Spruce was planted in 2019 to replace the nearly 20-year-old blue spruce that blew down in high winds earlier that year. According to a release from the city Friday, the city’s Forestry Supervisor J. David Mattox said the [...]

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Manhattan city officials are planning to remove the Mayor’s Holiday Tree in Triangle Park. The 18-foot-tall Colorado Spruce was planted in 2019 to replace the nearly 20-year-old blue spruce that blew down in high winds earlier that year. According to a release from the city Friday, the city’s Forestry Supervisor J. David Mattox said the [...]

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One of the 10 Manhattan residents to file for the USD 383 school board race has withdrawn his name from consideration. Bill Spiegel, who filed at the deadline, announced Wednesday on his Facebook page that he was dropping out of the race due to a potential conflict of interest between the district and his wife’s [...]

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Pottawatomie County currently has 13 active COVID-19 cases, which is down from June 23 when there were 24. 11 positive cases connected to COVID-19 variants of concern have also been confirmed since the tracking of variants began earlier this year. This includes five cases of the B.1.1.7 Alpha variant and six cases of the B.1.617.2 [...]

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