By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Riley County commissioners on Monday voted to devote more than $20,000 to switching the software used for organizing meeting minutes and documents. The new software the county will switch to in March comes from Civic Plus. The county currently uses MinuteTrag, a product from IQM2/Granicus, but the company decided to discontinue [...]

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  RCPD filed a report of criminal destruction of property and theft in the 500 block of Pillsbury Drive on Monday at approximately 12:30 PM. Officers listed Habitat for Humanity as the victim when it was reported the lock on a storage trailer was broken and tools were stolen from the trailer. Total estimated loss [...]

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Bonnie Rose Barrett, Mrs. K-State, and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and loyal friend, passed away on December 2, 2024, at the age of 92. The daughter of Susie and Ed Frommer, Bonnie was born on December 24th, 1931, in Valley Falls KS. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1949 and attended Kansas State [...]

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By Megan Moser The five puppies dumped in a laundry basket in a Popeye’s parking lot are safely snuggled in some blankets in one of the kennels at the local shelter, officials said Monday. Animal control found the six-week-old puppies abandoned in freezing-cold temperatures Sunday and said they were investigating who was responsible. Prairie Paws [...]

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By Megan Moser The five puppies dumped in a laundry basket in a Popeye’s parking lot are safely snuggled in some blankets in one of the kennels at the local shelter, officials said Monday. Animal control found the six-week-old puppies abandoned in freezing-cold temperatures Sunday and said they were investigating who was responsible. Prairie Paws [...]

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Riley County Police Officers filed a report of vehicle burglary in the 1900 block of College Heights Road on Saturday around 10 A.M. Officers listed a 20-year-old male as the victim, who reported that a plate carrier and ceramic plates were stolen from his vehicle by an unknown subject. Total loss associated with this report [...]

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The Riley County Police Department is investigating two shootings that occurred on Saturday and Sunday that officers believe are linked to one another. The shootings led to four individuals being wounded according to police. The first shooting occurred on Saturday evening just before 8 p.m. in the 2000 block of College Heights Road. Officers responded to [...]

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Nearly 1,300 people — some dressed as turkeys — bundled up and flocked to Aggieville Thursday morning to begin their Thanksgiving Day celebrations with a jaunt about town. The ninth annual MHK Turkey Trot 5K race kicked off shortly after 9 a.m., leading 1,278 runners and walkers from Moro Street in Aggieville through City Park, [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider three applications to finance housing developments using tax incentives. The applications are for reinvestment housing incentive districts, and commissioners also will look at an industrial revenue bond for a seven-unit town home on the vacant lot at 827 Moro St. An RHID is a program to help developers [...]

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