The City of Manhattan is offering free collection of yard debris this week. The annual spring clean up is an effort to encourage residents to rid their yards of tree limbs, grass clippings, brush and leaves from their yards that may have collected over the fall and winter. That debris needs to be placed in paper bags on the curb for pick up this week. The city has partnered with local refuse collectors to collect those bags on different collection dates dependent on what part of the city you live in. The city asks residents to create separate piles on…
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After a late night in Topeka Friday, most of Manhattan’s State legislative delegation stopped by the Manhattan Public Library Saturday afternoon for the League of Women Voters mid-term legislative forum. Sen. Tom Hawk as well as Reps. Sydney Carlin, Mike Dodson and Ron Highland were in attendance for the event, also sponsored by the American Association of University Women and Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. The four talked about a variety of topics of interest in this legislative session. Following opening statements by the lawmakers, they were given 90 seconds to respond to an assortment of questions curated by the…
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News Radio KMAN · In Focus 4/1/22: Riley County Extension, MHK CVB, Riley City, Community Health Improvement Plan 00:00 – Segment 1 13:01 – Segment 2 25:39 – Segment 3 38:26 – Segment 4 Friday’s In Focus featured a full slate of guests, including Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent Gregg Eyestone, Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard, City of Riley Mayor Tim Sharp as well as Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs and Flint Hills Wellness Coalition Chair Deb Nuss. Eyestone talked upcoming Extension activities around the region and Spring yard maintenance. Hibbard joined the program to…
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Kansas River Cleanup day is just a few weeks away. Ben Jedlicka, Riley County Game Warden, says April 16th marks the cleanup day for the river, otherwise known as battery case cleanup day. This event is a kayak event, which Jedlicka shares more about. “That is supported by Manhattan Parks and Rec. They get a dumpster there and a skid-loader and we shuttle stuff that comes off the sandbars, between that boat ramp and St.George and then we bring it all back up to the boat ramp.” That garbage then gets shuttle up to the dumpsters. With the help of…
While some just see photographs, others, like Doug Barrett, see stories. The Riley County Historical Society sponsored Doug Barrett, an internationally recognized documentary photographer, videographer, and photojournalist at their quarterly meeting Thursday evening at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. Barrett, who lives in Manhattan, owns 400 North Creative and now has an exhibit at the Beach Museum. Barrett is a Georgia native, but following his time in the military, he decided to stay in Manhattan. Since leaving the military, Barrett said he felt like he had so many stories to tell. As someone who always has a camera…
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McCain Auditorium is hosting two events next week in conjunction with the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. These events are related to the Gordon Parks exhibit titled Homeward to the Prairie I Come, on display through May 28 at the museum. Beach Museum Director Linda Duke says McCain Auditorium Director Todd Holmberg wanted to include community events to incorporate with this exhibit. “Todd has for a long time wanted an opportunity to bring jazz great Terrance Blanchard to perform at McCain. He will be performing a free live concert with his band, the E-Collective,” Duke said. Blanchard is a…
Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have announced the state is shifting its COVID-19 emergency pandemic response to an endemic phase, which some are dubbing the “new normal.” Starting Friday, the governor says the state will use lessons learned over the past two years to ensure the state is prepared for potential surges or other needs that might arise in the future. The decision comes as current COVID-19 metrics continue both locally and at the state level to trend the right direction. State data shows over 7 million tests have been given, with over 4…