The Riley County Police Department’s 2020 budget will be short by nearly $125,000 because of an error in calculating cost-of-living allowances, Director Dennis Butler revealed Monday at a Riley County Law Enforcement Agency meeting.
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Chad Kinsley will succeed Robert Reece as Pottawatomie County administrator, effective Jan. 8.
A new innovation lab will be a part of Hale Library’s restoration work.
The Manhattan-Ogden school board on Wednesday will hear a preliminary enrollment data report and vote on a key step for construction at the Keith Noll Maintenance Center.
Q: What has happened to the Landon Lecture series at K-State?
Q: What’s the deal with Festival of Lights? Who pays for all that?
Q: Why does Manhattan not have an elected mayor?
Q: Why is there a Riley County Police Department and not a Manhattan Police Department?
Q: Why’s it called “Manhattan”?
Q: What happened to the K-State billboard on I-70 in Topeka? There used to be one right across the highway from the KU one, but now it’s gone.
Q: Why are we building a new park and not updating Cico Park?
Q: What’s the deal with the big statue of the farmer in City Park?
Q: Is the city responsible for maintaining vegetation near public streets?
Q: What happened to the mural on the back of the west Dillons building? I always liked it and then one day it was just gone.
Q: What’s so special about K-State’s new Economic Prosperity Plan announced last week?
Q: The rules about who is or isn’t covered in the K-State vaccine mandate are confusing. Which employees are required to get vaccinated under the mandate?
Q: Will trees will be planted in front of Bergman Elementary? Will Frankie the Dolphin return? The parking lot looks finished, but the landscaping looks incomplete.
Q: I’ve seen a train car stop through Manhattan that has the initials MMIW spray painted across its side. What does this mean?
Q: With talk about “cheating” in the election, how secure is our voting process?
Q: We live on Virginia Drive and always have many children come in their costumes, and we enjoy that very much. But because of COVID-19, the usual won’t be happening. But what will? We bought a lot of treats today, but we are 82 and can’t personally hand candy to the children as usual during…
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The following are some election-related I Wonder questions we’ve received recently, with answers from the local election master himself, Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo. And, because you can’t have too much information when democracy is at stake, we’ve also included some previously published I…
Q: When I tried to drop off mail at the USPS mail box in Westloop Plaza on Monday, it was so full someone could’ve easily reached in and taken out mail. I visited again after the mail box’s stated pickup time and it was even fuller. With the controversy about mail-in ballots and the election…
Q: Craig Bowser, who’s running for Kansas Senate District 22, just rents an apartment in Manhattan. Does that count as living in a district, and why is he running here?
Q: There have been some stories about universities testing wastewater from residence halls to detect COVID-19. Has K-State considered doing anything like that?
Q: How is it that dorms haven’t had an outbreak? There are way more people in dorms than in any one Greek house and yet there have been no dorm outbreaks and several Greek house outbreaks.
Q: I see that you’re not supposed to stand up to order or consume food or drinks under the current rules by the Riley County Health Department. I have to stand in line to order food at Chipotle, and probably lots of other restaurants. Am I in violation of the order?
Q: With K-State permanently closing the Natatorium, is there any place in the city to swim laps for exercise? If not, what is the closest lap pool open to the public?
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Q: Last week’s percent positive coronavirus case rate in Riley County was more than 11%. If the rate is more than 10%, wouldn’t USD 383 switch to all distance learning?
Q: My family wonders how USD 383’s scaled-back school year meets Kansas requirements for students to have 1,116 hours / 173 days in the classroom? When we did the math, the time seemed too short.
Q: How is our local USPS office faring under the new policies the organization is undergoing?
Q: What are government employees allowed to say on social media?
Q: I heard a rumor that all or almost all of the bars in Aggieville open on Sunday night voluntarily closed by midnight. Not because of any county or state ordinance, but because they didn’t have enough healthy people to staff them. Is this true?
Q: Won’t the new car wash going in at Westloop cause traffic problems on Claflin Road?
Q: If I see a business violating the rules related to the coronavirus, who am I supposed to call?
Q: I’ve noticed that a lot of the coronavirus cases in Riley County are people in their 20s. Why is that?
Q: Last week, a tiger in the Bronx Zoo tested positive for coronavirus, and scattered reports around the world say that some pets have also tested positive for the virus. Are my pets safe?
Q: How many hospital beds are available in the Manhattan area?
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Note: This is the initial version, with outdated information. The event has now been canceled.
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Q: K-State fans have a universal hand symbol, but what is it actually called?
Q: Why is Riley County cutting oak trees along McDowell Creek Road and hauling them to the dump to be burned? That wood could be used for firewood.
Q: Why did the city remove a Chiefs shirt from the Peace Offering on the Blue statue?
Q: With a shorter school year, will Manhattan-Ogden schools have to make up any snow days so far?
Q: I heard Kansas has a law that taxes illegal drugs. What is it and why does it exist?
Q: Some young men on Wednesday afternoon were holding a sign that said “Tits?” toward traffic on Anderson Avenue. Is that allowed?
Q: I got a campaign postcard from city commission candidate Sarah Siders, and it didn’t include the “paid for by” line, which usually mentions the candidate’s treasurer. Isn’t that against the rules?
Q: If female toplessness is removed from the city’s public nudity ordinance, and I took a photo outside that had a topless minor in it, would that count as possessing child pornography?
Q: Why are there stop signs along Poyntz Avenue near City Park?
Q: Why don’t road construction crews do their work at night instead of in the middle of the day when traffic gets congested? In places like Chicago, road work is done in the night time to avoid that kind of problem.
Q: Is there potential for a flight service to Denver from Manhattan Regional Airport?
Q: Why does RCPD announce DUI checkpoints? Wouldn’t that just notify people to do their risky driving elsewhere?
Q: Why are houses being demolished at the corner of North Manhattan Avenue and Vattier?
Q: How have the property tax rates changed in the past decade?
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Q: I saw a mobile drill that looks like an oil drill on a truck in the parking lot south of Rally House. Are they drilling for oil in Aggieville?
Q: I’ve noticed several tarped city trucks parked around town? What are they and why are they there?
Q: Why doesn’t Manhattan have its own fireworks show?
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