A no burning notice continues for Riley County until further notice as critical fire weather conditions are expected into next week. Devastating wildfires scorched around 500,000 acres in Texas and Oklahoma this week and local officials said Wednesday that conditions are favorable for similar activity in our area over the next several days. Local humidity [...]

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The Manhattan Public Library will be holding a joint event on personal financial planning tomorrow night.

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The City of Manhattan may be on the verge of either tax increases or certain city services being eliminated. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers told commissioners Tuesday that forecast revenues for the General Fund are not enough to maintain the needed cash balance. “We’re obviously realizing a point here where that upward trend of cash [...]

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Sunset Zoo has acquired two new and exotic animals.

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Authorities are investigating another case of alleged forgery and theft in Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says a report was filed Monday afternoon in the 700 block of Poyntz after an unknown suspect fraudulently wrote and cashed checks at numerous area banks. The total loss is estimated around $10,000. Police listed Flint Hills Beverage [...]

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Riley County Commissioners discussed changes to the county’s animal control resolution on Monday. The county is in the process of updating the resolution which dates back to 1988, while also continuing negotiations with nonprofit Prairie Paws for its contracted shelter services at the T. Russel Reitz Animal Shelter. Prairie Paws initially asked for $90,000 from [...]

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A retirement contract for the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s aging canine Turbo was approved on Monday. Sheriff Shane Jager informed county commissioners about the process and noted the dog’s handler, Sergeant Dustin Young, is wanting to take control of the dog. Jager says the Sheriff’s Office has budgeted $11,000 for a replacement canine. The dog will not be [...]

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A new plaque bearing the names of 50 Pottawatomie County veterans will be unveiled at a public ceremony Monday at the Veterans Memorial in Westmoreland. Last April, the county began collecting names of honorably discharged veterans that reside or have resided in Pottawatomie County and served in any branch of the military from 1947 onward. [...]

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Manhattan city staff will meet with the city commission Tuesday to discuss a strategy for increasing revenues to the general fund and a proposed sales tax question to be posed to voters. Agenda documents for the work session (see below) show city staff favoring a strategy to ask a sales tax question at the August [...]

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Riley County property owners should be receiving change of value notices in their mailboxes this week. The Appraiser’s Office mailed out those notices on Friday, which reflect changes in property values due to fluctuations in the local real estate market. Residents will have until March 25 to file an appeal. In a Monday statement, Riley [...]

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