The Manhattan City Commission will look to pass a finalized 2024 budget when it meets Tuesday. The consent agenda includes an ordinance for commissioners to adopt the budget with the scaled back mill levy of 49.000, as directed by a majority of commissioners two weeks ago from the previously proposed 50.470 mill levy. To accomplish [...]
Authorities have arrested a Manhattan man in association with a fire that officials say threatened structures in a neighborhood south of Fort Riley Blvd and an aggravated battery earlier Monday. In a joint news release, the Riley County Police Department and Riley County Fire District No. 1 say 39-year-old Daniel Lee reportedly struck a 48-year-old [...]
Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee was absent from Monday’s weekly meeting, one week after a resident brought to light possible discrepancies in McKee’s travel receipts from this past summer to attend various meetings. During public comment Monday morning, former commissioner Barb Kolde, of St. George, called on McKee to step down from the commission. Local [...]
The current Tuttle Creek Lake conditions are unusual this year, with the lake’s level at 1,073, which is 3 ft. below normal pool. US Army Corps of Engineers Operations Manager Brian McNulty tells KMAN, if these trends continue, the lake could potentially reach near record low pools, rarely seen since the Corps began operations in 1963. Inflow has been [...]
The Riley County Law Board will take its meeting on the road Monday to Keats Park. The agenda includes an opportunity for public comment, followed by a monthly update from the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 17, a Community Advisory Board Update from Chairperson Dennis Cook and one executive session. Consent agenda items include [...]
Pavement work is scheduled Monday on a ramp connecting Miller Parkway and Davis Drive to the southbound lanes of K-18. The Kansas Department of Transportation says it will close the ramp from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., or until work is complete. The closure will be marked by barricades, signs and cones. No detours will [...]
Kansas State University is continuing work toward addressing close to half a billion dollars worth of deferred maintenance on campus. In an interview recently with KMAN, President Richard Linton spoke about plans for Ahearn Fieldhouse and the Natatorium. The university is also planning a major infrastructure project for the College of Agriculture, which includes construction [...]
The Kansas Court of Appeals will hear three pending appellate cases next week on the K-State campus in observance of Constitution Day. The first case involves a civil appeal involving a violation of zoning regulations from Riley County, between the Board of County Commissioners and local resident Gary Kilner, who contends his property is exempt [...]
Pottawatomie County Commissioner Dee McKee is coming under scrutiny for discrepancies noted in her expenses for trips she took to attend meetings for the Flint Hills Regional Council and other committees she serves on. McKee was initially questioned at the Aug. 28 Board of County Commission meeting by local resident and current planning commissioner Steve [...]
Riley County Police say a 58-year-old woman was scammed Monday out of thousands of dollars in an online scam. Officers filed a report for theft by deception in the 100 block of South Dartmouth Drive, when a woman said she was scammed into sending money to an unknown suspect she met online. The estimated total [...]