Conditions have been much more favorable for controlled outdoor burning this week. Improved humidity levels at night and calmer winds during the day created longer windows for landowners to get in some prescribed burns this week, despite a lack of moisture to start the month. Deputy Chief Doug Russell, with Riley County Fire District No. 1, says [...]

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The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board was presented Monday with a first look at where a new proposed indoor aquatics facility could be constructed. Representatives from the city’s consultant firm Vireo as well as some local architect groups, presented three design concepts for a reimagined City Park — all showing a proposed indoor aquatics [...]

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The Flint Hills Discovery Center will be hosting the 9th annual Meet the Makers art event March 12 through 15. Each day a local creator, crafter, or maker will present live demonstrations of their work from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the first-floor atrium of the Discovery Center. The event is free and visitors [...]

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A Manhattan man is behind bars on a probation violation stemming from a past fraud incident. The Riley County Police Department says 26-year-old Auston Korszeniewski was arrested Wednesday on a warrant that included three total probation violations. The original charges are for two counts each of identity theft, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, flee [...]

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Rewriting the rural narrative was the theme of the Focus on Building Rural Communities event, hosted by the Riley County Extension Office at the Sikes Venue in Leonardville Monday. University of Minnesota Extension Educator Benjamin Winchester says rural America isn’t dying, but rather going through a slow transformation. He says rural areas remain durable, noting [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners have been recently discussing bringing a sales tax question that would take the city’s current 1% sales tax to as much as 2% to help replenish the General Fund cash balance on the August ballot. The balance dropped $6 million between January 2023 and January 2024. Mayor Wynn Butler told KMAN that [...]

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International Women’s Day is Friday, and the Manhattan chapter of the American Association of University Women is hosting its annual public forum featuring four women’s journeys from their home countries to Kansas. The internationally recognized day started in Austria in 1911 and was ratified by the UN in 1977. Due to the global nature and [...]

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Kansas State students took home a record number of awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Student Awards this week. Students from Wildcat 91.9 FM, which is celebrating 75 years of operation this year, and Channel 8 KKSU-TV won 40 awards across both audio and visual categories. The next closest school won just 12 awards. [...]

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Riley County Police are investigating a stabbing incident from last Friday that resulted in one arrest. Officers were dispatched to an apartment complex near 9th and Humboldt Street shortly after 6:30 p.m. finding a 34-year-old male victim was suffering from a stab wound. Police later arrested 45-year-old Henry Lee Morgan, of Manhattan. He faces a [...]

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