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12-28-01 = Stay Safe in Your Winter Wonderland
12-28-01 = First Influenza Case of Season Confirmed
12-28-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Kelly House II
12-28-01 = Deffenbaugh Industries Fined for Violations at Johnson Co. Landfill
12-28-01 = Royal Tractor Company, Inc. Fined $2,000
12-26-01 = The Mandarin Fined
12-21-01 = Public Water Supplies Adopt Wellhead Protection Plans
12-21-01 = Heart to Heart Home Plus Fined $2,500
12-19-01 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition Presents Awards
12-17-01 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House of Abilene II from Admitting New Residents
12-17-01 = State Prohibits Kelly House II from Admitting New Residents
12-14-01 = Kids in the Kitchen: A Recipe for Safety
12-14-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Kenwood Plaza
12-13-01 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider
12-12-01 = State Recognizes Cheney Golden Age Home for Exemplary Care
12-12-01 = Kansas Public Health Certificate Program Announces Graduates
12-12-01 = Outback Steakhouse Fined
12-11-01 = Plugging to Proceed on Two Vent Wells
12-10-01 = Pizza Hut Fined
12-10-01 = New China Restaurant Fined
12-10-01 = Landfill Operator Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
12-06-01 = Toy Story: Safety Sells
12-03-01 = America Recycles Day (ARD) Event - Press Release
12-01-01 = World AIDS Day is December 1
11-30-01 = State Prohibits Heart to Heart Home Plus from Admitting New Residents
11-30-01 = Untreated Juices May Pose Health Risk
11-29-01 = Apple Market Fined
11-28-01 = Decorate with Care for "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
11-27-01 = P.C. Boards, Incorporated Agrees to Pay $31,175 for Waste Violations
11-27-01 = Health Officials Warn Against Use of Dietary Supplement Lipokinetix
11-20-01 = Industrial Crating, Inc. Fined $2,000 for Violating Air Permit
11-20-01 = Ace Electric Agrees to Pay $23,300 for Hazardous Waste Violations
11-20-01 = State Orders Local Man to Remove Tire Waste
11-20-01 = Funds Provided to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning
11-19-01 = Make Sure Your Thanksgiving Meal is Safe
11-17-01 = Kansas Infant Mortality Rate Drops To 6.7 in 2000
11-14-01 = Time Out Sports Bar & Grill Fined
11-14-01 = QWAL, Inc. Agrees to Drop Certification
11-14-01 = La Crosse Enterprises Fined $1,500
11-08-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House of Fairdale
11-08-01 = Office of Vital Statistics Relocated
11-07-01 = Derby Recycling Ordered to Eliminate Pollution, Pay Penalty
11-07-01 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 11-07-01
11-06-01 = Kenwood Plaza Fined $10,000
11-05-01 = Fort Scott Campground Fined $1,000 for Water Quality Violations
11-05-01 = City of Alden Fined $1,000 for Water Quality Violations
11-05-01 = Garnett Church Furnishings Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
10-31-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at The Abbey
10-31-01 = State Recognizes Prescott Country View Nursing Home for Exemplary Care
10-31-01 = State Recognizes Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital for Exemplary Care
10-31-01 = State Recognizes Villa Saint Joseph, Overland Park, for Exemplary Care
10-30-01 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 10-30-01
10-29-01 = Cornejo & Sons, Inc. Fined for Illegal Waste Disposal
10-25-01 = Public Meeting Scheduled for October 29 on Proposed Transfer Station
10-23-01 = Deep Fryer Basket Handles Recalled
10-22-01 = National Surveyor Week Proclaimed
10-19-01 = Subway Fined
10-19-01 = Benny's Fined
10-19-01 = Dress Up Safely This Halloween!
10-18-01 = Food Service License Renewals Due January 1
10-17-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Terrace Gardens Nursing Center
10-17-01 = Governor Graves Proclaims Radon Action Week Oct. 14-20
10-11-01 = State Health Officials, Universities Form Partnership to Track West Nile
10-10-01 = Patrons of Barton County Restaurant Advised to Receive IG Injections
10-05-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Kelly House II 10-05-01
10-02-01 = Novelty Cigarette Lighters Pose Hazard to Children
10-01-01 = State Revokes Certification of QWAL Labs
10-01-01 = October 1 is National Child Health Day
09-28-01 = Public Water Supplies Adopt Wellhead Protection Plans 09-28-01
09-28-01 = Industrial Chrome, Inc. Fined $10,000
09-28-01 = Kansas Lawn and Garden Fined $1,000
09-28-01 = State Prohibits Kenwood Plaza, Inc. from Admitting New Residents
09-28-01 = State Prohibits Terrace Gardens Nursing Center from Admitting New Residents
09-27-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Kelly House II 09-27-01
09-27-01 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 09-27-01
09-26-01 = Alterra Sterling House of Fairdale Fined $10,000
09-26-01 = Sonic Drive In Fined
09-26-01 = Village Inn Pancake House Fined
09-26-01 = Oct. 2 is Kansas SAFE KIDS Walk Your Child To School Day
09-21-01 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House of Fairdale from Admitting New Residents
09-20-01 = Erika's Bratwurst Wagon Fined
09-20-01 = Pollution Prevention Awards Presented to Two Kansas Companies
09-19-01 = State Health Officials Implement Pre-emptive Strategy for West Nile Virus
09-18-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House of Olathe
09-18-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House of Olathe 09-18-01
09-07-01 = MEDIA ADVISORY - 9-1-1 Day At the Kansas State Fair!
09-06-01 = KDHE Food Inspectors Monitor Food Handling at Fair
09-06-01 = State Prohibits Kelly House II from Admitting New Residents
09-06-01 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House of Olathe from Admitting New Residents
09-06-01 = Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village Fined $3,000
09-05-01 = Waffle House Fined
09-05-01 = Paisanos Fined
09-05-01 = Kentucky Fried Chicken Fined
09-05-01 = Oxfords Old Mill Restaurant Fined
09-05-01 = High-Risk Persons to Receive Priority for Flu Shot in September and October
09-04-01 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition Celebrates National 9-1-1 Day at the State Fair
08-31-01 = State Investigates Fish Kill at Cheney Reservoir
08-30-01 = Sonic Drive-In Fined
08-30-01 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House of Olathe from Admitting New Residents
08-29-01 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 08-29-01
08-28-01 = Remember Back-to-School Safety
08-23-01 = New KDHE Laboratory Director Takes Charge
08-22-01 = State Recognizes Moran Manor, Moran, for Exemplary Care
08-22-01 = Communities Receive More Than $500,000 to Provide Health Services
08-21-01 = KDHE Releases 25 Most Popular Baby Names
08-21-01 = Perrigo Children's Pain Relief Medication Recalled
08-20-01 = Public Hearing on Proposed Landfill Expansion Scheduled for Sept. 19
08-20-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at The Sweet Life at Shawnee
08-20-01 = PKM Steel Service, Inc. Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
08-15-01 = State Fair Goers Not at Increased Risk for Hepatitis A, Say Health Officials
08-15-01 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted at Lakeside United Methodist Center
08-13-01 = LiteSport Stroller Recall Announced
08-09-01 = Swine Facility Operators Attend Environmental Certification Training
08-07-01 = Health Officials Provide Hepatitis A Vaccine for Food Service Establishments
08-07-01 = Kansas Awarded Grant to Help Rural Hospitals
08-01-01 = State Embargoes More than 995,000 Bushels of Wheat
07-31-01 = Spoil your Grandchildren with Safety
07-26-01 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted
07-26-01 = Patrons of 2nd Reno Co. Restaurant Advised to Receive IG Injections
07-25-01 = State to Assist Reno County in Providing Hepatitis A Vaccine
07-24-01 = Communities to Benefit from Waste Management Grants Latest Award Brings Statewide Total to More Than $10 Million
07-24-01 = C-Section Rate On the Rise Once More
07-23-01 = Bobo’s Buka Fined
07-23-01 = State Prohibits The Sweet Life at Shawnee from Admitting New Residents
07-20-01 = Home Sweet Home Fined $2,500
07-20-01 = MEDIA ADVISORY - Reno County Hepatitis A Update #2
07-20-01 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for Brown Co. RWD #2 Customers
07-19-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Infinia at Wichita
07-18-01 = Penalty Box Fined
07-18-01 = VIP Lounge Fined
07-18-01 = MEDIA ADVISORY - Reno County Hepatitis A Update
07-17-01 = Patrons of Hutchinson Restaurant Urged to Contact County Health Dept.
07-17-01 = State Recognizes Bethel Home for Exemplary Care
07-17-01 = State Recognizes Friendship Manor of Pratt for Exemplary Care
07-17-01 = Soft Bedding a Factor in Playpen Deaths, Says CPSC
07-17-01 = HBD Industries Inc. Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
07-16-01 = L.C.’s Bar B. Que Fined for Air Quality Violations
07-16-01 = Protecting Your Kids When They’re Home Alone
07-13-01 = KDHE Issues Boil Water Advisory for Lakeside United Methodist Center, Scott County
07-13-01 = Grants Awarded to Rural Health Networks
07-13-01 = KDHE Issues Boil Water Advisory for Lakeside United Methodist Center, Scott County 07-13-01
07-06-01 = Internet Directory of Kansas Health Care Providers Launched
07-05-01 = "Kids Nest" Program Encourages Prenatal Care
07-02-01 = Five Firms Announce Recall of Backpack Blowers
06-29-01 = Public Meeting Scheduled for July 18 on Proposed Nelson Permit
06-28-01 = KDHE Issues Health Advisory for Lindsey Creek
06-28-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at The Grand Court II Overland Park
06-28-01 = Love's Bar B Q Fined
06-28-01 = Junk N’ Java Fined
06-28-01 = IHOP - Lawrence Fined
06-28-01 = KDHE Reports Success with Hepatitis B Initiative
06-27-01 = Ozawkie Boil Advisory Lifted
06-27-01 = Recall Issued on Strollers
06-26-01 = National HIV Testing Day is June 27
06-26-01 = Public Meeting Scheduled for July 30 on Proposed Landfill
06-26-01 = Taking a Camping Trip This Summer? Don’t Forget Your Common Sense
06-25-01 = KDHE Orders The Abbey to Correct Deficiencies
06-24-01 = Celebrate America’s 225th Birthday Safely this Fourth of July
06-22-01 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for Ozawkie
06-22-01 = State Prohibits Kelly House I from Admitting New Residents
06-22-01 = Health Agencies Promote Childhood Lead Screening
06-21-01 = State to Take Over Wyandotte County Food Service Inspections
06-21-01 = Mann Made Products Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
06-21-01 = PTMW, Inc. Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
06-21-01 = KDHE Revokes Permits for Environmental Tire Recycling
06-20-01 = State Certifies Treatment Operators
06-20-01 = Premier Pneumatics Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
06-20-01 = ABS Abatement Fined $17,000 for Asbestos Violations
06-18-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Oakwood Rehabilitation Center
06-18-01 = State Prohibits Home Sweet Home from Admitting New Residents
06-19-01 = Fees for Vital Records to Increase by $1 Beginning July 1 
06-19-01 = City of Englewood Fined $500 for Illegal Burning
06-13-01 = State Prohibits The Grand Court II Overland Park from Admitting New Residents
06-13-01 = State Recognizes Woodhaven Care Center for Exemplary Care
06-13-01 = State Recognizes Villa Maria for Exemplary Care
06-13-01 = State Recognizes Village Shalom, Inc. for Exemplary Care
06-13-01 = State Recognizes Olathe Good Samaritan Center for Exemplary Care
06-05-01 = Franklin County Dairy
06-05-01 = State Prohibits Infinia at Wichita from Admitting New Residents
06-05-01 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition Urges Parents Never to Leave Children Alone in Cars
05-29-01 = The Abbey Fined $10,000 - State Files Notice of Intent to Revoke License
05-25-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House
05-23-01 = State Prohibits The Abbey from Admitting New Residents
05-22-01 = Sonic Drive In Fined 05-22-01
05-18-01 = KDHE Proposes Revised Surface Water Standards to Comply with EPA Memorandum
05-16-01 = University of Kansas Agrees to Perform Environmental Projects
05-11-01 = May is National Arthritis Awareness Month
05-11-01 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House from Admitting New Residents
05-10-01 = KDHE Investigates Fish Kill at Sabetha Golf Club Lake
05-09-01 = State Prohibits Oakwood Rehabilitation Center from Admitting New Residents
05-09-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Leavenworth County Convalescent Infirmary
05-09-01 = Mosquitos and Ticks: The Unwelcome Guests
05-08-01 = Health Agencies to Conserve Tetanus Vaccine
05-02-01 = Dynacraft Mountain Bikes Recalled
05-01-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Arkhaven at Fort Scott
05-01-01 = Kansas Kids Fitness Day 2001
05-01-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Wellington Place, Inc.
04-30-01 = 11th Annual Kansas Kids Fitness Day is May 4 - "Make it a SAFE KIDS Summer!"
04-27-01 = Media Advisory - Make It a SAFE KIDS Summer!
04-26-01 = Composting Makes A Difference in Kansas
04-25-01 = Free Vital Records Service Established in Hoisington in Response to Tornado
04-25-01 = KDHE Assists Hoisington Food Service Establishments Following Tornado
04-23-01 = New Town China Buffet Fined
04-23-01 = Mill Street Caf’e Fined
04-23-01 = Cow Creek Burgers & Dogs Fined
04-20-01 = Earth Day 2001 Marks a "Clean Sweep" of Household Hazardous Wastes
04-20-01 = Taco Via Fined
04-20-01 = Morford's Diner Fined
04-20-01 = Scotty’s Bar & Grill Fined
04-20-01 = Health Agencies Identify TB Cluster in Sedgwick County
04-19-01 = Health Advisory for Payne Creek Lifted
04-16-01 = Kara’s Bar Fined
04-16-01 = Char’s Green Acre Restaurant Fined
04-16-01 = Subway Sandwich & Salads Fined
04-13-01 = KDHE Issues Health Advisory for Shop Creek
04-13-01 = Bar-S Foods Co. Announces Recall of All Products From Its Clinton Plant For Possible Listeria Contamination
04-13-01 = Good Times On Johnson Drive Fined
04-13-01 = KC Caf’e Fined
04-13-01 = Acapulco Mexican Restaurant Fined
04-12-01 = Almena Recreation Center Fined
04-12-01 = La Hacienda Tortillaria & Carniceria, Inc. Fined
04-12-01 = Pizza Hut Fined 04-12-01
04-10-01 = KDHE Issues Public Health Advisory for South Fork Big Nemaha River
04-06-01 = Silver Spoon Café Fined
04-06-01 = Linda’s Bar and Grill Fined
04-05-01 = Handy Pantry Fined
04-04-01 = Air Conditioner Recall Announced
04-04-01 = Safeway Pet Food Plant Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
04-04-01 = K-State Agrees to Perform Environmental Projects
04-03-01 = "Crunch Pak" Fresh Sliced Apples Recalled
04-03-01 = Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Agrees to Perform Environmental Project
04-03-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Terrace Gardens Nursing Center
04-02-01 = HRSA Provides Award to KDHE for Newborn Hearing Screening & Intervention
03-29-01 = State Prohibits Leavenworth Co. Convalescent Infirmary from Admitting New Residents
03-29-01 = Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village Fined $7,500
03-28-01 = Buddee's Fined
03-28-01 = R&R Interprize Fined
03-28-01 = The Beat Fined
03-28-01 = State Prohibits Elm Groves Estates from Admitting New Residents
03-27-01 = Diabetes Survey to be Completed in Wichita Area
03-27-01 = Country Donuts Fined 
03-27-01 = Little Million Dollar Babies Fined 
03-27-01 = Public Availability Session on Gas Incident Scheduled for Thursday, March 29  
03-27-01 = Diabetes Survey to be Completed in Wichita Area 03-27-01 
03-26-01 = Mr. Ferguson’s Fined  
03-22-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House 03-22-01 
03-20-01 = State Recognizes Louisburg Care Center for Exemplary Care 
03-19-01 = Plugging of Well at Big Chief Completed
03-19-01 = New Wave Fined
03-19-01 = March 24 is World TB Day
03-14-01 = Public Availability Session Planned on Gilbert and Mosely Site
03-14-01 = Major Abatement and Demolition Fined $11,000 for Asbestos Violations
03-13-01 = Johnson County Aggregates Fined $4,000
03-13-01 = Suicide Rate Growing Among Young Adults
03-12-01 = Correction: KDHE Fines Benning's Asbestos and Lead $18,000
03-12-01 = Well Plugging Near Big Chief Begins Today
03-09-01 = Wheatridge Park Care Center Fined $8,800
03-09-01 = KDHE Fines Chevron U.S.A. $34,000 for Asbestos Violations
03-09-01 = KDHE Fines Benning's Asbestos and Lead $18,000
03-05-01 = State to Suspend License for Golden Years Senior Care Home
03-05-01 = Greenwood Co. Landfill Fined $6,200
03-05-01 = KDHE Fines Nelson Farms $46,000
03-05-01 = Tobacco Use Prevention Grants Awarded to Kansas Communities
03-05-01 = State Lifts Admissions Probation at Cherry Creek Village Retirement Center
03-02-01 = Public Water Supplies Adopt Wellhead Protection Plans
03-01-01 = Hiss, Inc. Directed to Clean Up Cattle Pens
03-01-01 = City of Robinson Directed to Get All Drinking Water from RWD #2
02-28-01 = Barton County Fined $19,200 for Violations at Landfill
02-28-01 = Plum Creek Farm Fined $3,500
02-28-01 = Lynch Feed Yard, Inc. Directed to Install Water Pollution Controls
02-27-01 = New Kansas State Solid Waste Management Plan Released
02-26-01 = New Internet Vital Statistics Service Available for Communities
02-23-01 = Public Meeting on Tri-County Airport Site Scheduled for March 5
02-22-01 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House of Salina from Admitting New Residents
02-22-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Evergreen Gardens of Garden City
02-22-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Santa Fe Trail Nursing Center
02-20-01 = PJ's Eastside Cafe Fined
02-20-01 = El Pollo Loco Loco Fined
02-20-01 = Handy Pantry Fined
02-20-01 = Equus Beds Web Site Received Positive Official Review
02-16-01 = State Prohibits Silver Oak Health & Rehabilitation from Admitting New Residents
02-15-01 = Pizza Hut Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
02-14-01 = Public Meeting on Chemical Commodities Facility Scheduled for Thursday
02-14-01 = State Prohibits Santa Fe Trail Nursing Center from Admitting New Residents
02-14-01 = Excel Corporation Enters Into Consent Order With KDHE
02-13-01 = Mary B's Dairy Queen South Fined
02-13-01 = State Recognizes Attica Long Term Care Facility for Exemplary Care
02-13-01 = State Recognizes Liberal Good Samaritan Center for Exemplary Care
02-08-01 = Mom and Dad Were Right!
02-01-01 = City of Ottawa Fined $20,000 for Treatment Violations
02-01-01 = Evergreen Gardens of Garden City Fined $2,500
01-31-01 = State Prohibits Cherry Creek Village Retirement Center from Admitting New Residents
01-26-01 = Wellington Place Home Plus Fined $10,000
01-24-01 = Good Shepherd Villages, Inc. Fined $10,000
01-24-01 = Hall Brothers Construction Company, Inc. Fined for Air Quality Violations
01-24-01 = Lead Poisoning Prevention Grants Issued to Local Organizations
01-16-01 = State Prohibits Good Shepherd Villages, Inc From Admitting New Residents
01-16-01 = Wellington Place, Inc. Fined $10,000
01-12-01 = Flu Vaccination Still Encouraged
01-11-01 = State Certifies Treatment Operators (#01-002)
01-09-01 = Pizza Hut Fined (#01-006)
01-08-01 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Kansas Veterans Home (#01-005)
01-03-01 = Presto Fined (#01-001)