Two teachers have been nominated at Manhattan-Odgen USD 383 for 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year Manhattan-Ogden announced Lindsey Umscheid and Emily Yeager as nominees. Umscheid is a 1st grade teacher at Frank V. Bergman Elementary School. She earned her B.S in Elementary Education from Kansas State University in 2005. She has been with USD [...]

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Key dates were announced Thursday by Kansas State University, related to its Dec. 8 deadline for all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In order to comply with the new federal executive order as an entity which receives federal funding, all K-State faculty and staff as well as graduate and undergraduate student employees must [...]

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The Crisis Center, Inc. celebrated 40 years of Service to the Community Wednesday night. So far this year, the Crisis Center has served over 2,700 people through face-to-face and hotline services, providing over 4,800 hours of service for victims. Executive Director Kathy Ray says moving forward, they have been talking about re-convening the Flint Hills [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department is investigating a Wednesday fire in the Colonial Gardens Mobile Home Park. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. to a single-wide mobile home with smoke showing from multiple openings on the home. One dog was rescued by maintenance before firefighters arrived on scene and a second dog was rescued by fire [...]

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Dozens of residents gathered at Anthony Recreation Center as negotiations continued with the Kansas Gas Service about tree cutting for the Gary Avenue Project. A third public meeting was held to discuss the exposed pipeline near Gary Avenue. Due to the exposed transmission line, Kansas Gas Service has planned a clear-cutting project in order to [...]

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