Groundwater contamination hits Liberal and western Kansas towns
Liberal Kansas faces a growing groundwater threat from dry cleaning solvents and other contaminants. Officials warn a 95 percent chance a city well will be affected within two years if action stalls, affecting National Beef and about 16 500 residents. Dozens of towns share similar risks.
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Seward
Paul Hoag
Dodge City
Manter
Pratt
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Don Abel
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National Beef
Cattle toll rises after Kansas winter storm
In southwest Kansas a winter storm killed at least 1,000 cattle. Tribune Rendering in Tribune reports about 400 carcasses outside the plant as hauling begins. Hides go to leather, car casses to dog food and greyhound tracks, bones to fertilizer and cattle feed supplements. The rendering plant seeks more workers while feedlots clear snow and tend live cattle. A veterinarian will certify death causes for insurance before removal to rendering facilities. At Ford County Feedyard near Dodge City, several hundred of 43,000 cattle died amid 15 inches of snow and 40 mph winds.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Alan Morgan
Tribune Rendering
Tribune
Morgan
Rolland Werner
Ford County
Dodge City
Werner
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