Kansas State University Research and Extension will offer its Master Gardener program this fall. Applications are being accepted until Wednesday. Training classes begin Sept. 1 through Dec. 15. Classes will be a combination of online…

Local students recently completed degrees from Kansas State University. Out of more than 3,100 graduates, 248 graduated summa cum laude, with a grade point average of 3.95 or above. From Iola: Madison Carlin, bachelor of…

Hunter Nickell always planned to come home. He just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly. Nickell graduated from Humboldt High School in 2018 and from Kansas State University in 2021.  About three weeks ago,…

TOPEKA — Ecologists at Kansas State University are outfitting Flint Hills grassland cattle with tracking collars to create a virtual electronic fence capable of creating a protective buffer for fragile streams and ground-nesting birds. The…

Extension has been helping people for over 100 years. A lot has changed since the Extension service was created in 1914, but the one thing that remains the same is the mission of Extension. Extension…

MANHATTAN — Heat Biologics founder Jeff Wolf considers construction of a $650 million, 500-employee commercial vaccine production plant in Manhattan focused on quick reaction to natural or man-made biological threats to be a U.S. national…

MANHATTAN — Local students are among nearly 4,480 Kansas State University students who have earned semester honors for their academic performance in the fall 2021 semester. They include Emma Johnson of Humboldt; and Madison Carlin,…

Lauren McDermeit of Iola will perform with Kansas State University’s dance program in a Dec. 3-5 production called “Nut/Cracked and Other Delights.” McDermeit is a junior majoring in entrepreneurship and innovation.  The KSU dancers will…

Kansas universities are in a tight spot, stuck between federal COVID vaccine requirements and a Kansas law against using state funding for vaccine mandates. Hundreds of millions of federal dollars are on the line. The…

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Climate change conjures notions of rising water levels along the coasts, severe drought in the Intermountain West and the record temperatures baking the Pacific Northwest this week. Add to that toasty Kansas…