The Wamego School Board is inching closer to having a new superintendent in place. Four special meetings are planned next week for interviews to be conducted by the board with finalists, after the application period closed recently. Meetings are scheduled Monday through Thursday and will be entirely in executive session. Each candidate will tour the [...]

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Updated 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Wamego Police are investigating an apparent accidental shooting that occurred Wednesday morning around 8:30 a.m. Emergency responders were dispatched to 105 E. Valley Street. Scanner traffic indicated a 2-year-old child got a hold of a gun in the home and shot the 31-year-old woman, presumed to be the child’s mother, in [...]

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In just a few weeks, members of the Wamego School Board will select a new superintendent to lead the district. Interim Superintendent Greg Mann says the board hired the Kansas Association of School Boards to oversee the search. In the past few weeks, the state board has been gathering input and feedback from the community [...]

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A Wamego Co-Working company is the recipient of a USDA grant, one of 26 projects around Kansas to receive an award. Iron Clad, LLC will receive close to $11,000 from the USDA, part of a rural development investment initiative to improve energy infrastructure. Iron Clad will use the funds to install a rooftop mounted solar [...]

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A Wamego man arraigned last month on sexual exploitation charges is set for a preliminary hearing next week. A criminal complaint, obtained Wednesday by KMAN, charges 37-year-old Scott Hertzig with 13 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child after investigators found him to be in possession of child pornography on April 9 and Jan. [...]

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Manhattan area elected officials are weighing in on anticipated legislation to eliminate or reduce the state sales tax on food. Wamego 51st District Rep. Ron Highland says Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s announcement Monday that she’ll introduce legislation in the upcoming session, was more about scoring political points. 67th District Rep. Mike Dodson, of Manhattan, says [...]

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The latest coronavirus outbreak in schools locally has been confirmed at Wamego’s Central Elementary. Interim USD 320 Superintendent Greg Mann says four students and four staff members tested positive for the virus, prompting a Monday closure to allow for all staff members to be tested. Mann said Wednesday on KMAN’s In Focus that a number [...]

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The family of a late Manhattan man, who drowned last year at the Wamego Indoor Aquatics Center, has reached a settlement with Wamego city government. A joint statement from the family of Thomas (Wyatt) Balman and the Wamego city government Tuesday, announced that John and Seana Balman received a $350,000 pre-litigation settlement for the wrongful [...]

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For the first time in well over two years, Wamego High School is taking local veterans to Washington, D.C. as part of the Kansas Honor Flight program. The 2-day whirlwind trip allows veterans and their student guardians to visit some of the monuments and memorials and in some cases meet with dignitaries. The flight was [...]

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Authorities say a Wamego man was killed early Sunday in a rollover accident on Military Road near Bluebird Road, west of Wamego. According to Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager, an investigation into the crash determined 34-year-old Joshua Higdon was traveling eastbound in his truck at a high rate of speed, when he lost control and [...]

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