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The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert for ground turkey products, including Wegmans brand. The products produced by Plainville Brands are recalled due to concerns they may have caused Salmonellosis. FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. The raw ground turkey products were produced on December 18, 2020 through December 29, 2020.

Aubrey Garcia, a 7-year-old girl from Plainville, Kansas, had a crowd of people in tears of joy as she pushed her way through her first-ever track race, a 50-meter dash, on May 14. Her mom, Chelsea Garcia, watched as Aubrey stumbled at one point, but kept going, her determined grit shining through as she pushed forward in her leg braces one step at a time. “I don’t even know how to describe how we felt to watch her accomplish something like this,” she told Runner’s World. “It was just breathtaking to see something happen that you never thought you would...

Plainville officials are considering buying out property owners on Robert Street extension that flooded last week and raised concerned about about E-coli exposure. Frank Iris can't return to his Robert Street extension home for safety reasons. "There's still water in my basement, still pouring in there. The floors are buckled, everything is just bad. Air quality in the house is real bad you can't breathe in that house," he said. Floodwaters didn't force neighbor John Corriveau out. He said though his basement floods every year, in part because of increased development and runoff, and he's looking for government relief. "Pay...

ATWOOD, Kan. - A hundred and forty years after the Homestead Act helped populate the American West, small towns in Kansas are turning to it again, to draw new residents and new economic development. Three hours east of Denver, Atwood, Kansas is losing ground. Census figures from 2000 showed 1,279 people living there, about a hundred fewer than in 1994. So, back in November, city leaders decided to offer home-sized lots for free to anyone willing to build. "I'm getting interest from every state of the union and Mexico," said Arlene Bliss, director of economic development for Rawlins County, KS....