Junction City and Geary County are at odds over who should pay the EMS bill. In 1967, the two governments agreed that the Junction City Fire Department would handle EMS calls in Geary County, and not just in the city limits. The non-reimbursed costs for the service to the county are split with one-third paid [...]
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The Salvation Army needs bell ringers for the holiday season Salvation Army Bell Ringer Karla Johnson says they need volunteers to ring bells for the red kettles. Johnson says the money donated in Riley County stays in Riley county, and that money is put to very good use locally. One of the more modern issues [...]
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Legislative priorities were outlined Tuesday night during a special meeting of the Manhattan City Commission. Among them, city staff oppose legislation that would limit or negatively influence the property tax base. Part of that includes anything that artificially limits or otherwise alters residential and commercial property valuation, similar to dark store valuation, an appraisal practice [...]
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Taxes are due soon, and Riley County Treasurer Shiloh Heger advised the community during Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting. Heger says this is her twice a year reminder to residents about the upcoming due date of December 20. Heger says no motor vehicle transactions can be processed until those taxes are paid and gave two [...]
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Kansas State University held a reception for retiring Provost Chuck Taber on Monday. Taber was hired as Provost and Executive Vice President in July 2018. Over his tenure, Taber played a key role guiding K-State through the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been a professor in the Political Science academic field for 40 years. Taber says [...]
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Manhattan’s Airport Advisory Board heard some good news at Monday’s meeting. Envoy General Manager Brennan Walter says that the airport expected a few months of recovery time after the summer closure. However, recovery has been more immediate than expected. The airport reopened commercial air service in September after a four month closure for runway reconstruction. [...]
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USD 383 has had a concurrent agreement in place with Manhattan Area Technical College for dual credit classes, but renegotiation of the agreement has proven difficult. At Wednesday’s school board meeting, the board was presented an agreement with Kansas State University to offer two courses previously offered through MATC. Superintendent Eric Reid says it’s the [...]
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Prosecutors presented several witnesses Tuesday as the first full day of testimony was heard in a Pottawatomie County trial for a man accused of distributing fentanyl that led another man to overdose. 21-year-old McKaine Farr is charged with a single count of distribution of a controlled substance, resulting in death, for knowingly distributing counterfeit tablets, [...]
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Deputy Riley County Counselor Shelly Woodard presented a resolution Monday for Riley County to seek property by means of eminent domain for a non-discharging wastewater lagoon project in the Keats Sewer District. Deadlines for USDA funding are approaching, and Woodard says tests on the site are needed. The court will determine if the county has [...]
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Manhattan Emergency Shelter is celebrating the holidays with a long-running program to serve their residents Volunteer and Donations Coordinator Adrina Beltran visited with the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation on Monday and explains their annual Adopt an Ornament program. The staff then takes the lists made by the shelter residents, wraps the presents, and distribute them [...]
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