The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the water concentration of E. Coli on Crandall's Beach on Big Spirit Lake has surpassed the capabilities of DNR test kits. The beach registered more than 24,000 viable bacteria. This is 10 times what is considered...
Iowa Great Lakes Association approves resolution to protect watershed Local board votes to reaffirm effort to preserve lakes area Spirit Lake, Iowa – Oct. 31, 2017 – Recently, the Iowa Great Lakes Association (IGLA) voted on a resolution reaffirming the original 2008...
(Des Moines)-- Iowa Select, the largest corporate hog operation in Iowa and the 8th largest natioanlly announced today (Tues.) it's withdrawing permit applications for two proposed confinement operations in Wayne and Clay counties. The proposed operation in Clay...
Explore Okoboji - Tue 1-20-2015 (Spencer)-- We have word this (Tues.) afternoon New Fashion Pork has apparently withdrawn its application to build a 4,400 head hog operation on the Iowa/Minnesota border in Superior Township, in the far northeastern corner of Dickinson...
This morning the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors authorized the sending of the attached letter to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Environmental Protection Division at Spencer. The letter was hand carried to Spencer this afternoon. Click to read - Guge...
Story courtesy of Explore Okoboji The Dickinson county board of supervisors voted unanimously today (Tues.) to object to the scoring of the Master Matrix for a 4,400 head hog operation New Fashion Pork wants to locate in Superior Township in northeastern Dickinson...
Story courtesy of Explore Okoboji (Spirit Lake)-- A public hearing on a proposal by New Fashion Pork to build a 4,400 head hog confinement barn in Superior Township near the Minnesota border drew a big crowd to Tuesday's Dickinson county board of supervisors meeting....
The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to send a certified letter to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources that will call on the state agency to reconsider and deny the application for a hog building construction project near Horseshoe Bend Park.
Story courtesy Explore Okoboji Wed 9-17-2014 (Spirit Lake)-- The Dickinson county board of supervisors meet this (Wed.) morning for a workshop on writing a letter to the Department of Natural Resources regarding a proposed manure management plan for a proposed 2,400...