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Allen County in National Spotlight for Improved Health Metrics

By Kansas News Service
Published September 19, 2017 at 9:11 PM CDT
David Toland, CEO of Thrive Allen County, and others prepare for a Tuesday ceremony in Iola where community officials will receive a national award for their health-improvement efforts. (Photo by Jim McLean / Kansas News Service)
David Toland, CEO of Thrive Allen County, and others prepare for a Tuesday ceremony in Iola where community officials will receive a national award for their health-improvement efforts. (Photo by Jim McLean / Kansas News Service)

Allen County, in rural southeast Kansas, is getting national recognition for its ambitious, across-the-board endeavors to be healthier. Jim McLean, of the Kansas News Service, reports from the county seat of Iola [EYE-oh-luh].  

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Learn more about Allen County's Culture of Health Prize.

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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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