Riley and Pottawatomie County COVID-19 case numbers Riley County has gained five new positive cases of COVID-19 and eight more recoveries since Thursday, bringing the total number of active cases to 141 and recoveries to 193. There are now zero COVID-19 positive patients at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, although one patient, who was previously on a ventilator and has now tested negative, is there in recovery. Julie Gibbs, administrator for the Riley County Health Department, says she hopes between the mask ordinance and the latest health order, COVID-19 case numbers will continue trending down. “Hopefully all of that will be…
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The show will go on this year for the 12th Annual Nelson’s Landing Benefit despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but this time it will be in a virtual format. The benefit, which typically includes events such as an auction and a golf tournament, will only consist of t-shirt purchases and virtual donations through the Nelson’s Landing website. Contributions from this year’s benefit will go towards helping pay for the medical bills of Cheryl VanBebber, who is being treated for breast cancer, and technology that will assist Lynn Bohnenblust, a resident of Leonardville Nursing Home who has had multiple sclerosis since…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for theft in the 2000 block of Vanesta Pl in Manhattan on July 9, 2020, at approximately 5:08 PM. Officers listed a 23-year-old female as the victim when it was…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Haskell Indian Nations University students are complaining after learning they will still pay the same amount for a fee that typically covers housing, food and activities, even through classes will be taught fully online because of the coroanvirus. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the university’s website shows that Haskell students will be charged $715 for the online fall 2020 semester, the same price on-campus students were previously charged. Off-campus students, meanwhile, previously paid $240 per semester.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A staffer at a south-central Kansas prison has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. That’s prompted the prison to place an entire housing unit under quarantine. The case announced Friday by the state Department of Corrections involved a male employee over 20. It made the Hutchinson Correctional Facility the seventh of 10 corrections institutions to have a reported case among staff or inmates.
MANHATTAN (AP) — A new government report shows Kansas farmers are harvesting fewer bushels of winter wheat this year. The forecast released Friday is based on crop conditions July 1. The Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service revised the government’s earlier estimate downward to 307 million bushels in Kansas. That is 9% fewer bushels than were cut last year in the state. The latest forecast is based on an average yield of 48 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from 2019. It also estimates growers in Kansas will cut 6.4 million acres of wheat, down 2% from last year.
K-State announced a round of administrative furloughs amid COVID-19 fiscal hits during a virtual town hall Friday morning. Unlike emergency furloughs, administrative furloughs are planned reductions made in consultation with the Faculty Senate and University Support Staff Senate. They are one of the ways departments and units at the university are looking to fill budget gaps. K-State is estimating a $48 million hit so far due to lost revenue and increased cost of operations since March. Another $37 million hit is expected in fiscal year 2021, and declining enrollment and uncertainty in state funding could compound that. Seven colleges and…
Friday’s program featured an update on coronavirus testing, research and the medical response. In segments one and two, Ascension Via Christi President and CEO Bob Copple was our guest. In segments three and four, Biosecurity Resesarch Institute (BRI) Director Dr. Stephen Higgs was our guest.
The Riley County 2021 budget was approved to be sent out to publication by the commission on Thursday. Budget and Finance Officer Tami Robison presented the final numbers for the budget before being sent out. The regular budget is set at $65,501,116, with levy dollars at $28,312,598. The total mill levy is set at 42.85 mills, which is a 0.79 decrease from last year. No changes have been made since the commission approved the budget to be sent out for review. The budget will now sit in publication for 10 days to give notice of a public hearing. The budget…