By Megan Moser Despite complaints from some residents that they were blindsided about the amount of their special taxes, Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday approved levying special assessments for 14 benefit districts in Manhattan. These are areas in which work was done to improve a district, and now the city government is levying special assessments against the benefiting properties. The sites are Candlewood Shopping Center turn lane street improvements; The Highlands at Grand Mere, Unit Two — sanitary sewer, street, and water; Stagg Hill Golf Course waterline improvements; Elijah Addition — sanitary sewer, street, and water; Henry Addition — sanitary sewer,…
Author: Megan Moser
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday advocated for Kansas and for his home base of Manhattan during the confirmation hearings for U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins. Moran was one of several senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee asking questions of Rollins, who is Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture. Moran brought up the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan. The USDA oversees that lab. The full story can be read at The Mercury. For more local news, click here.
By Megan Moser The five puppies dumped in a laundry basket in a Popeye’s parking lot are safely snuggled in some blankets in one of the kennels at the local shelter, officials said Monday. Animal control found the six-week-old puppies abandoned in freezing-cold temperatures Sunday and said they were investigating who was responsible. Prairie Paws Shelter staff named the pups Gumbo, Chocolate Chip Biscuit, Chicken Dipper, Popcorn Shrimp and Coleslaw. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.
Riley County clerk Rich Vargo wants voters to know that their elections have never been more secure. He spoke to The Mercury on Tuesday, a week before Election Day, in the recently renovated Elections Department space. That project has provided more space for elections personnel, and it means no other departments are in the same area when elections staff are working with sensitive information. In fact, visitors are buzzed in to the office, and they would have to go through a second secure entrance to get access to the employee area. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.
Kansas Republicans are saying that a post made by House Democratic candidate Kim Zito in 2020 contains “racist language.” The Kansas Republican House Campaign Committee put out a statement Wednesday after the Kansas Black Republican Council brought attention to the post. In a Facebook post dated Nov. 9, 2020, Zito is describing a scene shortly after the presidential election when Democrats were celebrating Joe Biden’s win in Triangle Park. Attendees said some people driving by were yelling obscenities at them. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.