Manhattan resident Katrina Lewison became the first candidate to file for the Manhattan-Ogden School Board. Lewison, a West Point graduate and U.S. Army veteran, works as a Product Manager at CivicPlus. “I am passionate about education and it would be an honor to represent this community on the school board,” Lewison said. “The fact of the matter is, our state has an extremely limited budget to fund public education. We have a local responsibility to stretch those dollars as efficiently as possible to give our students a world-class education and protect and pay our teachers and administrators fair salaries on…
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Local sales tax numbers released Wednesday are described as “disappointing” by Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen, although Hayen points to several national chain retailers that also showed a downward trend this year of about two to four percent compared to April of last year. $826,024 in sales tax were collected in Manhattan in April, compared to $838,056 in April of last year…which was also lower than 2015. This year’s April numbers are the lowest since 2014’s $806,747. The net budget impact for the month is negative $50,066. Hayen reminds us the numbers for April actually reflect community sales for…
Parents of students enrolled in USD 383 will continue to pay textbook rental fees next school year. Manhattan-Ogden board members approved the 2017-2018 textbook rental fee proposal. In addition to rental fees for textbooks, director of finance Lew Faust said a $4 fee will be incurred to all online transactions between the district and parents. Board members approved a bid to purchase 179 desktop computers in the amount of $106,147 from an Illinois-based company. Director of technology Mike Ribble said the current systems are eight-years-old and in need of replacement because of their inability to run Windows 10. Between new laptops which…
If you live along the Big Blue River from Marysville to Tuttle Creek Lake, you may want to avoid the water until further notice. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a health advisory due to a force main break that has caused sewage to flow into a tributary of Big Blue River north of the Highway 36 bridge on the west side of Marysville. KDHE says people and pets should avoid contact with the Big Blue River until further notice.
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A Kansas Department of Corrections inmate convicted in Riley county nearly 35 years ago for second degree murder apparently has been passed over for parole. 63-year-old Michael Long’s next earliest possible release date is now listed as May of 2019. Long was up for public comment sessions in March. He began serving his sentence in March of 1983 in connection with an August 1982 case. Long has served most of his time at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility. ### Only one state of Kansas inmate with area connections is up for public comment sessions and possible parole this next…
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators have drafted a new and larger plan for raising income taxes to fix the state budget after top Republicans abruptly dropped one negotiated earlier. House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday evening on a plan to raise more than $1 billion over two years by rolling back past income tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The same negotiators drafted a proposal Monday worth $879 million over two years. But Senate GOP leaders abandoned plans for an expedited vote when support for it collapsed. Democrats and moderate Republicans said Monday’s plan didn’t raise enough new revenue…
Today’s guests on In Focus included Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 School Board President Marcia Rozell and Superintendent Marvin Wade, as well as Mary Mertz and Melissa Wahl with Riley County Farm Bureau. Rozell & Wade: Mertz & Wahl:
TOPEKA — The Kansas Democratic Party says its executive director is stepping down. The party announced Tuesday in a news release that Kerry Gooch is resigning, although he will remain during the search for his replacement. Gooch became director in 2015 at the age of 24. He joined the party as political director in 2013. Gooch says he is ready for his “next adventure,” but the release provided no details about his future plans. He also said in the release that he was “proud of the progress” that the party had made and that it was time for the party to…
WICHITA — Participants in the Kansas winter wheat tour say it is too early to know the full extent of storm damage on the state’s crop. The first day of the annual tour on Tuesday covered wheat fields from Manhattan to Colby. The 70 participating scouts made 222 stops that day. It estimated the average yield at 43 bushels per acre for the first leg of the tour. That is down from 47.1 bushels per acre for the same area a year ago. Some effects of late April freezes were apparent in a big portion of central Kansas, but were overshadowed…