K-State to offer MBAs online starting this fall
Working professionals are getting help advancing their careers with a new online Master of Business Administration program from Kansas State University. The K-State College of Business Administration...
View ArticleBoard to discuss East Campus study
The USD 383 school board will discuss a preliminary report on the Manhattan High School East Campus facility study at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Robinson Education Center. Gould Evans of Lawrence...
View ArticleKSU sorting through how to deal with cuts
Kansas State University administrators said Tuesday they will announce next week how they intend to address reduced state funding. Officials are spending this week determining implementation strategies...
View ArticleMercury’s executive editor stepping down in the fall
Bill Felber, executive editor of The Mercury for nearly three decades, has announced his retirement. Felber will officially retire around Oct. 1, but announced his decision now in order to give the...
View ArticleHousing boom in Pottawatomie County
Housing construction in Pottawatomie County is booming. In monthly updates Monday, three department heads told county commissioners that housing-related activity in their offices is has taken off in...
View ArticleWhat’s that tower that looks sort of like a bottle brush?
Q: Two questions: (1) I wonder what that strange tower is behind the Pebblebrook Apartments off Anderson Avenue? It looks like a very tall bottle brush. Cell phone tower disguised as a tree? (2) I...
View ArticleBD Sting takes third
The Manhattan Optimist BD Sting 16-and-under softball team played in the Cap City Showdown this past weekend in Topeka, finishing third. The Sting won all three games on Saturday, and then dropped the...
View ArticleK-State baseball camp schedule changed
Due to Kansas State’s berth in the NCAA Super Regional at Oregon State, Wildcats’ head coach Brad Hill has announced date changes to the 2013 Junior Wildcat Camp next week. The camp, which was...
View ArticleTopeka Stars beat Manko seniors, 6-4
After eight consecutive innings without a run, the American Legion Manhattan Manko senior 17ers almost pulled off an impressive comeback in Topeka Tuesday night. Hosted by the Topeka Stars, the two...
View ArticleWildcats prepare for Super Regional
After wrapping up the first regional title in school history on Sunday, the Kansas State baseball team used Monday — it’s day off — to do what it has all season. The Wildcat players relaxed, hung out...
View ArticleLowell Renz
Lowell E. Renz, 75, of Post Falls, Idaho, died May 27 in Post Falls, Idaho. ...
View ArticleAnn Russin
Ann Marie Olson Russin, 54, of Blair, Neb., and formerly of Axtell died Sunday at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. ...
View ArticleObama threatens to pull NBAF funds
President Barack Obama has threatened to veto an appropriations bill that includes money for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). A statement of administration policy on the Department...
View ArticleK-State grad student wins fellowship to study declassified Russian documents
A look into the past will give insight to the future, according to Kansas State University’s newest David S. Boren Fellow. Tony Demchak, doctoral student in history, Twinsburg, Ohio, has been awarded a...
View ArticleWamego school district not likely to drop controversial test policy
Following four months of committee study of the district’s controversial grading policy, Wamego USD 320 board members are likely to impose some stricter standards for the policy’s execution. But the...
View ArticleCommission to tackle pool policy in work sessions
City commissioners have decided to hold two work sessions to give the Parks and Recreation Department guidance on how to charge and admit people into the pools. During a pre-meeting discussion Tuesday...
View ArticleCity reaches agreement on auditorium renovations
City commissioners approved an amendment to the contract with Bruce McMillan Architects for the final design of the City Auditorium renovations Tuesday. But the agreement came with a caveat....
View ArticlePerk Reitemeier- Captain of the 1951 Final 4—Team makes K-State’s All...
Look Magazine featured Perk Reitemeier and members of his Lafayette Indiana high school basketball team in a 1947 issue. Reitemeier, a six foot guard- was an all around star and was also listed as a...
View ArticleWait makes history for K-State on Day 1
EUGENE, Ore. — The first day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships saw one Wildcat do something no pole vaulter has done in more than 30 years. Back-to-back Big 12 champion Kyle Wait...
View ArticleWhat’s new on home viewing media this month?
This month several of the more heavily-advertised films of the spring will be stocked on the New shelves at the video store. They include a me-too sort of road comedy called “Identity Thief.” The...
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