A new dean of the K-State Libraries has been selected. The university announced Wednesday morning Joe Mocnik will begin in that role July 25. He will succeed Dr. Lori Goetsch who is retiring. As dean of K-State Libraries, Mocnik, who serves in the same capacity at North Dakota State University, will oversee a research library [...]
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Kansas State University President Richard Myers has named longtime College of Education faculty member Be Stoney as interim chief diversity and inclusion officer. Stoney will serve while a national search is conducted to permanently fill the vacancy left by Bryan Samuel, who is departing K-State for a similar position at the University of Texas at [...]
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Riley County anticipates getting its first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine by the end of the week, as it prepares to vaccinate youths aged 12 to 15. The Centers for Disease Control is likely to give the go ahead Wednesday following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval for that age group Monday. Riley County [...]
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Pottawatomie County commissioners approved two rezoning requests Monday for future residential developments with some contingencies. A 30 acre tract at the southeast corner of Elm Slough and Flush Roads will be rezoned from agricultural to ag-residential. Access into a proposed subdivision hasn’t been determined and will require traffic and drainage studies, according to County Planner [...]
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A Manhattan man has announced his candidacy for the USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden school board. The Riley County Clerk’s office says Steven Ruzzin filed a letter of intent Monday for the November election. Ruzzin is a data engineer with software firm Bradford & Galt and a Kansas State University graduate. Ruzzin joins Jayme Morris-Hardeman and incumbent [...]
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A Manhattan man has announced his candidacy for the USD 383 Manhattan/Ogden school board. The Riley County Clerk’s office says Steven Ruzzin filed a letter of intent Monday for the November election. Ruzzin is a data engineer with software firm Bradford & Galt and a Kansas State University graduate. Ruzzin joins Jayme Morris-Hardeman and incumbent [...]
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Manhattan City Commissioner Usha Reddi is seeking a third term on the city commission. Reddi announced Monday morning on her Facebook page that she had filed paperwork with the Riley County Clerk’s office for the November general election. She was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Reddi, in her post says she’s looking [...]
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A Manhattan man entered a guilty plea Thursday to second-degree murder in connection to a 2019 fatal attempted robbery. 21-year-old Jaylon Hitsman additionally pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated robbery and aggravated battery. In exchange, prosecutors dropped charges of aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and recommended a lower sentence [...]
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Manhattan-Ogden school board member Karla Hagemeister has announced she will seek another term on the board. Hagemeister confirmed the announcement during Wednesday’s school board meeting, talking about her time on the board thus far. “I won’t say I’ve enjoyed every single minute of it but I have grown from every single minute of it and [...]
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Manhattan-Ogden school board member Karla Hagemeister has announced she will seek another term on the board. Hagemeister confirmed the announcement during Wednesday’s school board meeting, talking about her time on the board thus far. “I won’t say I’ve enjoyed every single minute of it but I have grown from every single minute of it and [...]
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