Manhattan City Commissioners Tuesday will begin a review of the city’s corpus of advisory boards and committees. Manhattan has 21 city-sponsored boards and committees, as well as 2 temporary committees and 6 associated outside agency boards. City commissioners beginning in 2021 and into 2022 identified this review as a priority, with administrative staff noting many [...]
Community members gathered inside the Shamrock Zone at K-State’s Bramlage Coliseum to help kick off Konza United Way’s 2023 fundraising campaign. Children’s books were placed throughout the room for attendees to write inspirational messages inside. Event emcee Dave Lewis explained how these books coincide with a new partnership and goal for the organization. While this [...]
A Manhattan man was the victim of an assault early Sunday morning. According to the Riley County Police Department Activity Report, police responded to a report of battery after a 23-year-old man was attacked around 3:30 a.m. at the intersection of North 10th and Thurston Street. The victim reported that three or four unknown male [...]
The Riley County Health Department will provide free in-person COVID tests starting Monday. According to a news release from RCHD, testing will be available by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled as early as five days out or as late as two hours before the selected timeslot. A mobile lab trailer conducting nasal swab PCR [...]
Senator Jerry Moran joined a group of Kansas State University officials Friday in touring Shellenberger Hall, the future site of the Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation. The Kansas Board of Regents in 2020 approved $5 million in startup funding from the legislature for K-State to create a new Institute for Global Food, Health and Biosecurity. The [...]
Riley County officials say a brush fire reported near Randolph kept firefighters busy Thursday, scorching an estimated 30 acres of private property. Firefighters were dispatched around noon Thursday to the 9600 block of Windy Hill Road and contained the fire. Windy conditions reignited the fire later in the day, prompting a second response before the [...]
State and local dignitaries were among about 100 people in attendance for the ceremonial groundbreaking of future Museum of Art in Light in Downtown Manhattan. KMAN will update this story with more details.
Following completion of the study phase of the Riley County Public Safety Headquarters project, the commission has approved a request to use a Construction Manager at Risk procurement process moving forward. “We feel that it will serve public interest by providing substantial savings in time and/or money over the traditional design-bid-build process. By doing this [...]
1st District Congressman Tracey Mann was the featured guest at the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Military Relations Committee Luncheon, held Wednesday at the Manhattan Conference Center. The first-term Republican Representative spoke on the two things he believes has led to continued inflation, quipping at the Democrat-led Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Biden last month. [...]
K-State will celebrate Cancer Research Week September 12th through 17th. Sherry Fleming, Director of Johnson Cancer Research Center, says most people aren’t aware of the extensive research being done in Manhattan: The week includes speakers at locations both on and off campus, and two fundraisers. Fleming says a small portion of the donations are awarded to [...]
