EMS/Ambulance Director David Adams asked the Riley County Commission on Monday evening to makes some changes to a waterline running through the EMS station. The station was built on a concrete slab, so the water line must run through the ceiling. Adams explains the problem: The pipe needs to be wrapped in insulation to prevent [...]

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Sunset Zoo hosted a very special event Sunday with the Make-a-Wish Foundation. A local 9-year-old girl, Aramayah Pevy, known to friends and family as MayMay, was informed she would be coming to the zoo for a costume party with her friends. She was then surprised to find she and her friends would get the opportunity [...]

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Sunset Zoo was filled with spooky festivities over the weekend. Sunset Zoo Marketing and Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood says the annual Spooktacular was another success, with over 24 community organizations on hand giving out candy and sharing information with kids and their families. Kirkwood gave a tentative update on the weekend’s numbers. Kirkwood says she [...]

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The Riley County Commission approved a contract to research a remodel for the fourth floor of Courthouse Plaza East. The project is to give more space to the County Clerk’s office as Election staff and equipment has created congestion in the Clerk’s Office. County Clerk Rich Vargo says there needs to be some work done [...]

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The Board of Riley County Commissioners approved a request by County Clerk Rich Vargo to hire an architect to develop remodeling plans to expand office space for election staff. Vargo asked for the board to approve an architect to redesign the 4th floor of the Courthouse Plaza East (CPE) building to accommodate the extra needed [...]

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The Bayer family joined Manhattan city officials on Saturday for the Stonehaven Park dedication. Manhattan’s newest park is located on the Amherst Avenue extension, just west of the Miller Parkway and Amherst Avenue roundabout. The land was donated to the city by the Bayer family, a farming family that traces it’s roots to the early [...]

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Manhattan City Commissioners were presented with proposals Tuesday from city staff to begin paid parking in the downtown parking garage. Since opening in 2010, the garage has been free but city officials say the present state of disrepair and misuse by undesirable transients and criminals have created a need for a funding source to pay [...]

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A new park in Manhattan will be dedicated this weekend. The Manhattan Parks & Recreation Department says Stonehaven Park is located off Miller Parkway and Amherst Avenue Extension. Park Superintendent Casey Smithson says the park includes a concrete walking path as well as a three acre pond. A pair of tree plantings will take place [...]

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The recent rain in the Riley County area increases the chance of nitrate poisoning in forages. Rain can cause rapid uptake of nitrate during a drought year, and Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent Greg McClure explains the precautions that are now being taken. McClure says that they are also concerned about prussic acid poisoning. Nitrate [...]

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