Workforce was a common theme at Monday’s intergovernmental meeting in Manhattan Monday, with presentations by Manhattan Area Technical College and K-State officials. As we heard last month following the leadership retreat involving area officials held in Overland Park, workforce continues to be the number one concern of many in the Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary county
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With spring around the corner, agricultural burning was discussed during Monday morning’s Riley County commission meeting. Pat Collins, the county’s emergency management director, told commissioners the public should expect an abundance of burning from now going into March. Collins said there are no controlled burns allowed in April due to the county’s smoke management plan.
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Down in Arizona, the Kansas City Royals have begun Spring Training as they look to defend their World Series crown. And on a very pleasant spring day in Junction City, Royals fans made their way to see the latest stop on the Royals’ Trophy Tour, and saw the hardware up close. “It’s the peoples’ trophy”,
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Not much more information involving a Riley County Police arrest of a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. A KMAN announced Sunday, Donnie Hill, 43, was taken into custody at the Riley County Law Enforcement Center on Seth Child and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft
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A Westmoreland man is looking to help Pottawatomie county grow by running for the District 3 seat on the Pottawatomie County Commission. Travis Altenhofen, 26, graduated from K-State Polytechnic in 2013 with degrees in aeronautical technology and finance. Altenhofen, a Republican, currently serves on the Rock Creek school board. He says it isn’t as much
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Riley County Police arrested a Manhattan man Saturday afternoon for an incident involving arson and theft. Donnie Hill (43) was picked up in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road and he was charged with arson of a dwelling and theft of property. Hill was confined at the Riley County Jail on a $5,000
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A Manhattan woman was arrested early Friday evening for drug charges. Julia Anne Kasprick, 28, was arrested in the 1900 block of Hunting Ave. for the sale and distribution of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana. She was released on a $7,000 bond. A Topeka man was arrested by the Riley County Police Department
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Two local community members were honored at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce’s 91st Annual Meeting and Banquet Friday night in the Manhattan Conference Center inside the Hilton Garden Inn. The chamber awarded Rod Harms as its 2015 C. Clyde Jones Volunteer of the Year and Jan Miller was honored as the 2015 Lud Fiser
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TOPEKA — A proposal to build a new veterinary laboratory at Kansas State University is one step closer to reality. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the university’s proposal for a Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, with an estimated cost of $43.2 million. The project still must be approved the Kansas Legislature. The
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Police arrested Robert Weixelman, 35, of Manhattan, on Thursday evening at approximately 10:00 p.m. on the offenses of violation of a protection order and stalking. This arrest stems from actions violating a court order which occurred on the afternoon prior to the arrest in the 600 block of Osage St. Bond was set at $10,000. An Ogden woman
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