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Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

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‘This is a world class place’: K-State opens new $20 million event center
10/13/25 KSNT
Kansas State University marked the opening of a new facility in Manhattan that adds a new livestock performance arena to the local area. K-State celebrated the opening of the more than $20 million facility on Friday, Oct. 10. Dubbed the Bilbrey Family Event Center, the university believes it will be a major benefit to the local and state economies. The completion of the building marks the first project K-State has completed so far for its $210 million Agriculture Innovation Initiative. In addition to shows, the university expects to use the event center for educational purposes.

Invasive tick found in Kansas can infect cattle for life
10/13/25 KSNT
Kansas State University is monitoring an invasive tick that has appeared in the Sunflower State, which can make infected cattle carriers for life of a tick-borne parasite. Earlier in October, the Kansas Department of Agriculture and Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced they had confirmed the first known Asian longhorn tick in the state. The Kansas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) put out a warning in early 2025 regarding theileria orientalis Ikeda, the parasite transmitted by the tick, shortly after it was first detected in a group of cattle brought to Kansas from out of the state.