Kansas Department of Health and Environment

With school starting up again in Kansas, the lazy days of summer for children and adolescents are coming to an abrupt end.

For teenagers who have gotten used to sleeping late during the summer months, the early start times at many of our state’s high schools are bound to cause a few rude awakenings.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) continues to advise the public that water may be unsafe for people and animals at Santa Fe Lake in Butler County. While harmful algae are still detected, levels are improving and the public health warning has been downgraded to an advisory to allow for boating and fishing at the reservoir.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is advising the public to avoid contact with water at the following locations: Central Park Lake, Shawnee County; Centralia City Lake, Nemaha County; Meade State Lake, Meade County; Veteran’s Lake, Barton County.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is continues to advise the public that water may be unsafe for people and animals at Lovewell Reservoir in Jewell County. While harmful algae are still detected, levels are improving and the advisory has been modified to allow for boating and fishing at the reservoir.

On August 5, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) began experiencing technical problems which caused 85 percent of KDHE servers to be affected. This caused disruption in many services Kansans utilize.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is issuing a Stream Advisory for the Kansas River in Pottawatomie County downstream from the City of Manhattan.

Why is the infant mortality problem in Kansas so bad, and why isn’t it getting better?

Why have deaths in Kansas among babies less than one year of age increased by 16 percent since 2000, pushing our state’s rank to number 40 among the 50 states, according to Kids Count, a report released in late July by the Annie E. Casey Foundation?

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is continuing to advise the public to avoid contact with water in Meade Lake in Meade County.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is continuing to advise the public to avoid contact with water in Lovewell Reservoir in Jewell County.