Earlier this year, a Catholic church community in southeastern Pottawatomie County broke ground on a new $30 million building for worship. The Society of St. Piux X in St. Marys is constructing the new building it calls the Immaculata, which will hold more than 1,500 people and will be 12 stories tall, overlooking the small [...]

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Mail-in ballot numbers The Pottawatomie County Clerks Office has seen high rates of voter participation via mail-in ballots so far this year. “We are getting hundreds of them back a day,” Nancy McCarter, Pottawatomie County clerk, said. “One day we got 400 and that was pretty exciting. You’ll never get 100 percent of them back, [...]

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Manhattan Regional Airport is among many airports nationwide struggling through the impacts of COVID-19. American Airlines, which services daily flights from MHK announced it will suspend daily flights to Chicago O’Hare effective Friday. Service is tentatively set to resume September 9. This will take MHK down to 12 weekly departures, all to Dallas Fort Worth. [...]

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Riley County is beginning to see a flattening of the curve in terms of the COVID-19 cases reported by the health department. As of Monday, Riley County had recorded 426 positive coronavirus cases. That includes 110 active cases, 312 patients who’ve made recoveries and four deaths, the latest of which was reported Friday by the [...]

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Riley County commissioners approved the 2021 budget during their meeting Monday. The commission held a public hearing for the budget, however no one from the public made any comments.  Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison says the proposed 2021 mil levy is 42.285, which  is a 0.776 mill decrease from last year.  The regular county [...]

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A Manhattan man charged earlier this year with attempted second-degree murder was arrested over the weekend on new charges. Riley County Police say 18-year-old Jalen Gill was charged Saturday with aggravated assault, distribution of a hallucinogenic or marijuana, possession with intent to distribute paraphernalia and failure to appear. He had a scheduled court hearing Friday [...]

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Release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Warning in effect for Milford Lake, Zone B and C. TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will initiate treatment for blue-green algae at Milford [...]

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The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school board voted to push back the school start date to Aug 26. The vote came during a special meeting due to the state school board’s rejection of the governor’s school delay order. The original calendar approved by the board in March had a start date of Aug 12. Superintendent Dr. [...]

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Tuition and fees for in-person and hybrid classes at Kansas State University will remain flat for the 2020 fall semester. This includes the campus privilege fee and academic infrastructure fees, which are charged to students taking in-person and hybrid courses, as well as specific college fees. Tuition for online classes will have a reduced rate [...]

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*Updated 9:30 a.m. Saturday The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed one new death related to COVID-19 in Riley County. The death involved a 96-year-old woman who was a resident of Leonardville Nursing Home. The woman died on June 26 after testing positive for COVID-19 on June 10, although she was not showing [...]

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