Manhattan City Commissioners heard requests from outside agencies at City Hall on Tuesday evening during their third work session on the 2018 city budget and capital improvements plan. Seven outside agencies made budget requests to commissioners for a total of $740, 118. The agencies requesting funding included the Social Services Advisory board, the Flint Hills Transportation service, Downtown Manhattan, Inc.; Manhattan Public Library, Manhattan Arts Center, Aggieville Business District, Wolf House Museum, and Housing Credit Counseling, Inc. The department of finance is currently operating on a budget of $148,812,497 — a 1% increase from 2017. This would come with a…
Author: KMAN Staff
FORT RILEY — Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank and his wife Jennifer, a respected Manhattan attorney, made sure to receive every hug, handshake and kind word Tuesday afternoon following the Victory with Honors Ceremony for the departing Acting Senior Commander of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley. The line of well-wishers for the Franks — Fort Riley officials, local and state leaders, families and soldiers — extended far in front of the Big Red One headquarters building, but an hour later, all had their chance to say goodbye. “Those people who came through the line today, their all the…
Wheat harvest is nearly complete in the region and yields have been favorable. Dan Higgins, the manger of the Farmway Coop in Leonardville, said harvest in the area is 90 percent complete as of Tuesday. Higgins reported yields that have ranged anywhere from 40-60 bushels per acre and test weights averaging 61 pounds per bushel. Wheat prices in Leonardville were $3.84 per bushel Tuesday. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in a release from the Associated Press Tuesday, 48 percent of the wheat crop has been harvested in the state, about average for this time of year. About 87…
Today’s guests were Pottawatomie County Commission Chair Pat Weixelman and County Administrator Robert Reece, Health Director Lisa Kenworthy and Fire Supervisor Jared Barnes. Then we welcomed in Jon Klimek with Manhattan Area Amateur Radio Society on Green Apple Bikes project, as well as Rod Harms, then Manhattan Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes. Pottawatomie County: Jon Klimek and Rod Harms: Ryan Almes:
Officers filed a report for aggravated assault (domestic related) in the southwest part of Manhattan on June 27, 2017. Officers listed a 23 year old female and a 24 year old male as the victims when they reported that a 21 year old male attempted multiple times to run them off the road with his vehicle. Officers responded to a single vehicle injury accident near the 2400 block of S. Rosencutter Rd. on June 26, 2017 at approximately 8:55 AM. When officers arrived on scene, they found Rodney Dembkowski, 51, of Manhattan, lying next to a Hagi sprayer. Officeres believe…
Incidents at Country Stampede trended lower this year. David Adams, the director of EMS services for Riley and Pottawotomie counties, briefed Riley County commissioners Monday morning on some statistics. Adams said EMS crews saw 372 patients over the country music festival’s three days. “That’s down from 382 last year,” he said. There were 11 EMS transports — including a serious incident that included helicopter transport after a man was assaulted Thursday night. Still, Adams said there were 16 transports last year. “Our busiest day was Thursday,” he said. While Stampede is known for its binge-drinking atmosphere, Adams said booze problems…
A 73-year-old man serving time with the Kansas Department of Corrections on Riley County rape and aggravated kidnapping convictions has been released from custody after 30 years. Nordell Glover was released last week and reportedly is staying in the Sedgwick County Area. Glover was sentenced in 1987 on the Riley County charges. He was held at several facilities throughout the years, ending up at El Dorado the last four years.
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Jack Lindquist and Joe Fanning on Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program Dr. Tim Shaffer, Assistant Professor of Communications Studies, K-State; also with Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy
UPDATE: Rodney Dembkowski, 51, has been identified as the victim. Riley County Police Offices found him lying next to his Hagie sprayer. Officers believe the sprayer struck an electrical line, which electrified the sprayer and set it on fire. ### Earlier report: Riley County EMS has confirmed a man was electrically shocked Monday morning while spraying a field southeast of Manhattan, when the boom of his sprayer hit a power line. EMS Director David Adams indicated the man was first taken to Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan but then transferred by Riley County EMS to the Burn Unit at the University…
Officers filed a report for sexual exploitation of a child and battery in the city of Manhattan on June 23, 2017. Officers listed a 7 year old female as the victim when it was reported that a male known to the victim took sexually explicit pictures of the victim. Due to the nature of the allegations made, no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for aggravated assault in the 3100 block of Fort Riley Bvld. on June 25, 2017 at approximately 12:55 AM. Officers listed Maxwell Chandler, 20, of Fort Riley, and Robert Luick, 21, of Fort…