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K-State women suffer road upset at Arizona
By Tim Everson Consistency continues to be the Kansas State women’s greatest enemy, and that was on display Wednesday evening as K-State fell in a 72-62 road upset to Arizona. The road Wildcats never led and trailed by as much as 16 multiple times down the stretch as turnovers and a steady and strong offensive [...]
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Lee Elementary to receive new playground equipment, turf
Recess is about to get even better for students at Lee Elementary. The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously approved new turf and equipment for the school’s playground at a cost of $375,000. According to a memo, the district has a rotation for replacing turf on all its school playgrounds and playground equipment every [...]
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Riley County officials say they can no longer absorb rising cost of employee benefits
Riley County officials painted a grim picture of rising employee benefit costs following a new long-term analysis presented to county commissioners Thursday. The county’s human resources and budget and finance departments recently completed a seven-year review of benefit expenses, which concluded that the county’s long-standing estimate is no longer sufficient. Since 2020, Riley County budgeted [...]
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City considers concession beer sales and adopting riverfront concept
During this week’s Manhattan City Commission retreat, commissioners considered permitting beer sales at concession stands and adopting the riverfront concept to its parks and recreation master plan. Parks and rec director Aaron Stewart proposed serving cereal malt beverages and hard seltzers at the Anneberg Sports Complex and Steel and Pipe Supply facility concessions. Stewart said [...]
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