(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) Ross Kivett pulled a game-winning RBI double down the left-field line in the bottom of the ninth as the Wildcats earned their first walk-off win of the season with a 4-3 victory over Northern Colorado Tuesday evening at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats, who improved to 11-0 all-time against the Bears, evened their season record at 18-18 with the victory. Northern Colorado fell to 14-18. Trailing 3-1, Northern Colorado scored two runs in the top of the ninth when the Bears recorded four-straight leadoff singles, including a two-run base hit to left field by pinch hitter…
Author: KMAN Staff
The Manhattan Ogden school board had a very full agenda during its regular business meeting Wednesday, April 18. This meeting, like many before, started off with construction. Trisha Brooke-Fruent, Program Manager, brought before the board a bid for the Bluemont sewer and also a bid for classroom furniture for Marlatt Elementary. Both of these bid items passed unanimously with a 5-0 vote. Dean Youngers, Project Manager, brought before the board a change order for the Bishop Stadium track storage area rebuild. This passed unanimously. Keith Noll, Director of Maintenance and Facilities , also brought two bids before the board. The first…
By: Ella Casey, Marketing/Development Officer, Sunset Zoo Sunset Zoo officials welcomed the newest addition to the collection Tuesday night, as a pair of white-handed gibbons arrived safely from fellow-AZA-institution North Carolina’s Natural Science Center of Greensboro. Dempsey, an 11-year-old male, and Leslie, a 16-year-old female, are currently getting acclimated to their new space in preparation for this weekend’s Grand Opening of the John Woodard Memorial Gibbons Exhibit along the Asian Forest Trail. The arrival of the new primate pair has been full of anticipation; this not only marks the first time in the Zoo’s 75+ year history that they’ll…
With the election for Roger Reitz’s 22nd District Senate Seat coming up in November, anyone wanting to run needs to start thinking about formally filing for the position. Local Attorney, Joe Knopp, officially filed with the Secretary of State’s office last week. Knopp says one of the main issues currently on his mind is the re-districting. Besides the redistricting there are many other issues on the table as this community has a variety of strong interests. Knopp tells KMAN all these strong interests require a strong leader to represent the area. Knopp had declared intentions to run for the State Senate seat several…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – After declaring his intentions back in January, Rep. Lee Modesitt officially filed with the Secretary of State’s office to run for the 66th District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives on Tuesday. This will be Modesitt’s second go around for the seat. In 2010, he challenged Rep. Sydney Carlin but came up short by less than 200 votes. “The biggest difference between the two (elections) is people have had a chance to look at who I am and what I believe in,” Modesitt said. “I think that will give me a little bit more of an advantage that what I had last…
This weekend Fort Riley Kansas hosted the Reserve Officers Training Corps’ 3rd “Black Hawk” Brigade for their annual joint exercise . The exercise incorporates five schools including KU, Pitt State, University of Central Missouri, and Missouri Western. The cadets participate in realistic scenario training, and other war-fighting skills such as land navigation. Kansas State Army Cadet Ryan Gardner says the bad weather led to some changes in the schedule, and caused some cadets to get only about two hours of sleep before the next days training. However, spirits were high, and the cadets tackled the confidence course with great enthusiasm. Gardner believes the exercise gives a great chance…
Wamego’s tourism saw another solid year. This is according to Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CVB) Chairman Chris Hupe, in his annual report to the City Commission at Tuesday’s meeting. He added that there’s been such an uptick in the bed tax, the CVB capped out their revenue budget last year. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mary Lyn Barnett also reported an increase in activity last year. Both City Manager Merl Page and the Commissioner’s praised the Chamber of Commerce and CVB for ‘a job well done’, especially in responding to the adverse weather experienced at this last weekend’s annual Tulip…