The Manhattan Lions Club hosted their annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday morning at City Park. Local children ages 2-8 collected easter eggs hidden around various locations within the park. Leila Gillespie has been a Manhattan Lions Club member for over 20 years, and says the Easter egg hunt tradition is a long-standing one. “This has been going on for the Manhattan lions since back in the days when they used to boil the eggs and color them and so on. Probably at least 50 years ago and we do it every year. It’s something we delight in. “…
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Riley County emergency management teamed up with the National Weather Service to teach a free storm spotter class Thursday night at Pottorf Hall. Meteorologist Chad Omitt spoke to a few dozen residents about many topics including severe weather safety tips, how to report information, and an in-depth look at local weather patterns. “We talk to a lot of folks about preparedness and awareness, putting a plan together. Where are you going to go when a warning is issued. Having multiple ways of getting information is important too.” Riley County has a storm spotter program which is currently administered through Emergency…
Manhattan residents should notice more efficient traffic lights in the near future. City Engineer Brian Johnson presented city commissioners Tuesday with the proposed traffic system master plan, with a goal of making traffic signals communicate better across Manhattan. “Your major arterials where you can get a long run, you can have a corridor plan that sequences that platoon of traffic through, so we did update our corridor timing plans with this master plan,” he said. “Hopefully they’re going to be working a little bit better.” Johnson added that city crews update their traffic data every two years, a slight improvement…
City officials presented commissioners an initial concept for the CiCo Park improvements at a Tuesday work session. Park Improvements have been ongoing since last September. The new concept includes two baseball fields, two softball fields, warm-up areas, concessions and restroom facilities, 8 tennis courts, and parking. The current skate park would likely be removed to make room for improvements, something Karen McCulloh says she doesn’t want to see happen. “I think a skate park is vitally important,” she said. “When I drive by CiCo, I don’t see people playing much of anything, but I see a lot of skaters.” Parks…
Photo Courtesy of the City of Manhattan City crews are ready to do some spring cleaning across Manhattan next week. Public works will be providing free curbside pickup of brush, tree limbs, and properly bagged grass clippings or leaves during the first week of April. Andrew Lawson is Manhattan’s public information officer and encourages citizens to follow guidelines in order to ensure collection goes smoothly. “Whatever zone residents are in, they need to have their stuff out, they really should probably have it out the day before. Crews work all day, so some places they get to early…
Members of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy and K-State Political Science department shared their thoughts on the recent presidential preference primary. Less than 150,000 Kansans participated in the election, the first in Kansas since 1992. Locally the turnout was less than 7%. “That’s a pretty low number, which I thinks reflects people feeling kind of blah right now in terms of the options laid out,” said Dr. Nate Birkhead. Birkhead is the head of Kansas State’s political science department, and a member of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy, or ICDD. Dr. Colene Lind is the Director…
The National Weather Service will host a free Storm Spotter class next week in Manhattan. The class is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday March 28 at Pottorf Hall, located within CiCo Park, and will last around 90 minutes. The programs are hosted annually by meteorologists and emergency managers throughout the region. They provide education on thunderstorm development and structure, safety, and how to report severe weather information. Riley County also has a local storm spotter program administered through Emergency Management. Volunteers also need to be amateur radio operators and can reach out to Riley County Emergency Management for more…
Manhattan is rolling out the red carpet for visiting teams in town for the women’s March Madness tournament this weekend. Kansas State is the No. 4 seed in the Albany 2 region and will host Portland in the first of a doubleheader at Bramlage Coliseum. The game will be followed by Colorado vs. Drake at 7 p.m. The winners of both contests will then play in the second round of the tournament Sunday at a yet to be determined time. 2017 was the last time Manhattan hosted a March Madness regional. Lauren Chard is the Sports and Sales Manager with…
Kansas State University President Richard Linton spoke to the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday. Linton spoke to commissioners about combating student enrollment, which declined almost 25% between 2014 and 2022. “A lot of work is being done to be able to stimulate research innovation, I think a great example is the partnership that we might envision with NBAF which was opened up this past spring. I had mentioned the opportunity to be able to engage around the state in all 105 counties and communities. We’re thinking about how we can better partner throughout the entire state,” he said. K-State has goals…
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation celebrated 25 years of serving the community on Monday night’s award banquet. There were 25 total award winners for the night, a nod to the 25th anniversary of GMCF. C. Clyde Jones was one of five “Influence Award Winners,” for his role in the creation of the Grow Green Match Day organization. Jones said… “I put together five social service agencies and brought them to a meeting; told them what could happen with their growth of equity. Then the program became a foundation and has been tremendously successful.” Executive director for the Manhattan emergency shelter…