The annual Float Your Boat at Milford Lake drew boats and participants from the region on Saturday at Thunderbird Marina and RV resort.

The best constructed boat award went to the Candlewood Suites entry from Junction City.  Spokesman Jason Keilman stated it was built as a speed boat. “We used tubes to build the frame and then wrapped it with tape, and then covered everything with as much duc tape as we could find in town.” Keilman noted more than $200 worth of duct tab was used in the project.

All of the boats were built with cardboard and duct tape.

Float Your Boat has been a Geary County CVB Event since its inception.Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Dennis Beson called it a tremendous event. “Super successful, not too hot.The wind died just down enough that we could have a great bunch of racers. What a great turnout. I would have to say at least 150 people.”

There were four divisions of competition. In the Family category Micro Bootlegger covered the marina course in 52 seconds to finish first. For the Teen division a boat built to look like a Silver Swan finished first in one minute, 24 seconds. In the Open division Team Rock Springs captured first place in 1:01, and in the Extreme division2 Legit 2 Quit finished first in 1:12.

Beson estimated there were a total of 27 boats entered in Float Your Boat.

RILEY COUNTY – Authorities in Riley County are investigating an airplane accident.

Just before 11am on Saturday, The Kansas Highway Patrol and additional first responders were dispatched south of Manhattan airport for plane emergency landing, according to the KHP.

No injuries were reported.

Check the Post for additional details as they become available.

The Junction City Little Theater production of Nunsense runs Thursday August 25 through Sunday August 28 at the C. L. Hoover Opera House.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Ticket pricves are $18 for adults, $16 for military and $11 for students 18 and under.

Nunsense is a comedy staged by five survivors of the Little Sisters of Hoboken Nunnery. The show is being directed by Mica Stites.

The next Military Affairs Council breakfast in Junction City will be Thursday, August 25, at 7:30 a.m. at the Courtyard By Marriott convention center.

The guest speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Murray, Commander of the 97th Military Police Battalion and Fort Riley Director of Emergency Services.

The deadline to register at the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce is Tuesday, August 23 at 5 p.m. The cost of the breakfast is $12 per person, payable by check or cash at the door or online at the Chamber website.

The ongoing problem with blue green algae at Milford Lake will be the focus of a meeting Monday evening in Wakefield.

State Representative Lonnie Clark of Junction City said he will be in attendance. “Actually going to be at the boat ramp at Wakefield Park Monday night at 6:30. KDHE will be there.” Clark added State Representative Susie Swanson, who coordinated the meeting, and other local officials and constitutents will probably be in attendance.

Clark said they’ll talk about solutions to address some of the problems. “Right now it’s the odor from the dead algae that’s floating and has gathered at Wakefield.  It’s a problem, there’s no question it’s a problem. We have to do something to address it. But right now what is going to be the overall long term solution to blue green algae is still up in the air.”

ABILENE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police chief has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of disseminating or requesting criminal history information without a legitimate need.

Bronson Campbell was the Enterprise police chief from May 2013 until May 2014, when his appointment wasn’t renewed. He’s currently the Valley Falls police chief.

The complaint alleges that in 2014 Campbell disseminated criminal history information, or requested such information from the central repository of another criminal justice agency, without a legitimate need.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports he pleaded not guilty Thursday to the misdemeanor during a preliminary hearing in Dickinson County.

Campbell recently sought the Republican nomination for Jefferson County sheriff but lost the August 2 primary.

A Dickinson County judge has denied requests to disclose the affidavit in Campbell’s criminal case.

Electric service has been restored.

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After the thunderstorm moved through Junction City Friday afternoon there were some power outage problems.

As of 7:30 p.m. Westar Energy still reported 109 customers…locations were still without electricity.

The storm brought heavy rain and gusty winds but moved off to the east.