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One child overdosed and another cut his own neck at a Kansas foster office. What that says about the system

by Blaise Mesa
A photo of the KVC Kansas office.

Paramedics had to rush a Kansas foster teen to the hospital because the 15-year-old girl was overdosing on muscle relaxants at a foster care contractor’s office.  One month later, paramedics rushed back to that same Topeka office because a different foster child found glass and cut himself.  “Child on (scene) cut up his arms and […]

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The fate of thousands of US dams hangs in the balance, leaving rural communities with hard choices

by American Public News
A plaque on a stone base says “YTTRI-PRIMMER DAM” in the foreground with a grassy hill, water and trees behind it.

Wisconsin dams are among nearly 12,000 that have been built under the USDA’s Watershed Programs. Generally smaller and set in rural agricultural areas, they’re mostly clustered from the center of the country eastward.

The fate of thousands of US dams hangs in the balance, leaving rural communities with hard choices is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.