Members of the Riley County Law Board on Monday received the first proposed RCPD budget for 2025, targeting a roughly 6.6% increase in year over year spending. This year’s ask is around $2 million more than the current budget, with department administration pointing to inflationary challenges and rising insurance costs. The total overall budget is [...]

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Riley County is preparing for the groundbreaking on their new EMS station, which is being held next Monday. EMS Director David Adams says a final rezoning request for the new station site was recently submitted to the city and is anticipated to be approved quickly. Once approved, the last document that the county needs completed [...]

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An investigation is underway after an individual sustained a gunshot wound this weekend in Aggieville. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers on routine foot patrol early Sunday morning heard a possible gunshot coming from the 1100 block of Moro Street. The incident occurred shortly after 1:30 a.m. Responding officers found a 22-year-old man [...]

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In 24 years at the helm of city administration, Ron Fehr has seen Manhattan transform into a regional hub for commerce, tourism and research and innovation. All this week on News Radio KMAN, we’ll be hearing from those who saw firsthand Fehr’s leadership guiding the city to bring in major economic development to Manhattan, including [...]

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A Manhattan man was arrested on Friday evening for stalking and on a slew of charges related to violating a protection order. 44-year-old Robert Martin was arrested at the Riley County Courthouse at 5:00 pm on a warrant stemming from charges that include eight separate charges for violating a protection order, one count of stalking [...]

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An investigation is underway following an unapproved grass fire that destroyed a home near Manhattan last week. According to Riley County Public Information Officer Vivienne Leyva, fire crews from both Manhattan and Riley County Fire District No. 1 were dispatched around 7 p.m. on April 5 to the out-of-control grass fire at 200 Waterbridge Road, [...]

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Members of the Riley County Law Board will get their first look at the police budget proposal for 2025 at Monday’s monthly meeting. RCPD is proposing a $28.9 million budget that includes a little over $2 million in added funds, totaling about a 7.6% increase. It includes over $815,000 to meet the department’s cost of [...]

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Kansas Mesonet meteorologist Chip Redmond gave an update on how recent weather conditions contributed to the Burklund / Axelton fire, which burned over 8,000 acres in Riley and Pottawatomie counties. Redmond encourages citizens to constantly check the weather and local burn recommendations because high temperatures and wind make burning dangerous and difficult to contain. He [...]

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