By Emma Loura eloura@themercury.com Manhattan homeowners next year will see a 4.51% increase in their property taxes direct to the USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school district. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2025 budget, which exceeded the established revenue-neutral rate of 58.419 mills with a 2025 rate of 59.909 mill. [...]

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A hotel in Manhattan recently lost $20,000 after their computer system was hacked. RCPD filed a report for theft and unlawful acts on Wednesday afternoon just after 4:45 p.m. when the hotel Four Points by Sheraton reported that an unknown suspect had used a fraudulent credit card transaction commencing in July and extending into August [...]

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A Randolph man was taken into custody and arrested on charges of attempted murder on Wednesday afternoon by Geary County Sheriff’s Deputies. Deputies arrested Ryan Diedrich just after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon after it was reported that Diedrich tried to drown another man at Milford Lake on Aug. 17 during a physical altercation at [...]

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  Riley County Fire District #1 announced on Wednesday the appointment of Jake Konrardy as the new Deputy Chief of Administration. Since joining RCFD#1 in 2018, Konrardy has become one of the most active volunteer responders in the department. He earned his Emergency Medical Technician certification and served as Battalion Chief for Ogden Station #103. [...]

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A K-State University engineer recently received a $560,000 National Science Foundation grant to enhance the security of AI in bioinformatics. Assistant professor Xiaolong Guo is working on cybersecurity tools to discover and optimize antimicrobial peptides, or AMP, which are essential for improving food safety, livestock health and agricultural productivity. Along with its goal of making [...]

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Kansas has made big strides in mental health rankings over the last two years. Mental Health America in 2022 ranked Kansas at 51st in mental health services among adults and 50th among children. However, in 2024 the state moved up to 22nd in 2024 for mental health services. The full story can be viewed at [...]

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A new K-State partnership aims to address rural health issues in north central Kansas. The K-State 105 initiative is bringing together Kansas State University, The University of Kansas Health System and Phillips County Health Systems to support rural health care in Phillips County, which is north of Hays. As part of this partnership, Phillips County [...]

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A Kansas man was arrested in Riley County on Tuesday on charges of child sex crimes. 38-year-old Evan Volker of Assaria, Kansas on a Riley County District Court warrant at around 3:30 p.m. Volker is charged with single counts of rape and aggravated indecent liberties. Volker is currently confined on a bond of $50,000 at [...]

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The Manhattan city commission on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance adopting the 2025 budget and mill rate, with the second and final reading taking place Sept. 17. The $229.6 million budget and 4 mill increase passed on a vote of 3-2, with John Matta and Peter Oppelt voting no. More on the [...]

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Riley County Police Department officials on Tuesday said they’re investigating an incident in which a woman was attacked near Aggieville last week. Police have not publicly identified the woman, but her father, Roger Hibbs, said in a written statement that the victim of the attack was his daughter, Kenna Hibbs of Norwich, a small town [...]

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