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Clark breaks NCAA scoring mark as No. 4 Iowa women beat Michigan

Sports

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

A record-setting night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Rob Brooks and Jamie Cavey Lang on the Hawkeye Network. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark needed just over two minutes to become the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer. She finished with an Iowa single game and arena record 49 points in a 106-89 win over Michigan.

Clark broke the NCAA scoring mark with a deep three pointer less than three minutes into the game.

Clark made six of her first eight from behind the arc and finished the game with nine three pointers while adding 13 assists.

The fourth ranked Hawkeyes are now 12-2 in the Big Ten and 22-3 overall.

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Drake women win at Murray State

Sports

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

The Drake women erased a 15-point first half deficit to win at Murray State 81-75. Drake stays at the top of the Missouri Vallet standings with a record of 12-1.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. Katie Dinnebier scored a career high 32 points as the Bulldogs move to 19-5 overall.*

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Bill provides state support of preschool for 4-year-olds from low-income families

News

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – State funding would support full-day preschool for children from low-income households under legislation eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate, The state’s voluntary preschool program for four year olds provides state funding for 10 hours of preschool per week. The bill would provide state funding to support 20 hours of preschool each week for children whose parents have a yearly income at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. Senator Lynn Evans, a Republican from Aurelia, says many school districts offer full day preschool, but have to find other ways to finance it. Some are charging tuition, but Evans says that means children from low income families are left out.

“This offers them additional funding for those who are already trying to do the right thing for their kids,” Evans says. Evans says the proposal has the potential to close the achievement gap for some students. “Data from the Des Moines Public Schools has shown that fifth graders who don’t participate in preschool don’t catch up to their peers,” Students who qualify for free and reduced lunch are five percentage points behind their peers on the FastBridge reading test.”

Representative Henry Stone, a Republican from Forest City, introduced a similar bill in the Iowa House that offered schools state funding to support all-day preschool for four year olds from low income households. “The more we get kids around that structure, the sooner we get them into the education system, the better their outcomes are,” Stone says. Senator Herman Quirmbach, a Democrat from Ames, supports the bill, but he’s like to go farther and have full-day, state-funded preschool for all Iowa four year olds.

“The research is overwhelmingly positive as far as it benefiting students in terms of their academic achievement, in terms of a whole lot of longer term measures,” Quirmbach said, “things like progression on to college, things like avoiding incarceration.” Senator Sarah Trone-Garriott, a Democrat from Waukee, would also like to see full day state-funded preschool for all four-year-olds, but she voted for the bill to support preschool for children from low income households.

“This investment pays off in a big way for educational outcomes, for our communities, for social behavioral, emotional, mental health — everything,” Trone-Garriott said. “It is such a good way to spend our money as a state.”

The bill cleared the Senate Education Committee this week, but did not come up for a vote in the House Education Committee.

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Senate Ag Committee approves liability protection for Roundup’s manufacturer

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 16th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Senate Ag Committee has approved a bill that gives some liability protection to farm chemical companies, including Bayer, which makes the widely used weed killer Roundup. Senator Jeff Edler, a Republican from State Center, who’s a farmer, says in 2020 the E-P-A determined the main ingredient in Roundup is not a carcinogen.

“This isn’t about emotion. It’s not about who said what. This is about true science and either you believe the EPA does true science or not,” Edler said. “All this does it take away one little loophole in the way someone was able to construe whether they felt Roundup caused cancer.” Senator Dan Zumbach, a Republican from Ryan who’s a farmer, says companies like Bayer will stop developing and improving farm chemicals if their legal exposure grows.

“If we constantly put them in a position where the risk is so high that they say, ‘The heck with it. We’re not going to do it anymore,’ not just farmers but every person in this room will suffer,” Zumbach says. “There will be starving children for the lack of the availability of these products.” Democrats on the committee opposed the bill. Senator William Dotzler is a Democrat from Waterloo.

“What this thing does is it stops people who’ve been exposed to this and die and their farmer families to get compensation,” Dotzler said. Senator Nate Boulton, a Democrat from Des Moines, says he’s siding with farmers who contend they’ve contracted cancer from exposure to farm chemicals rather than a company concerned about profit margins. “When I look at the wealthiest corporations on the planet, I have a hard time feeling like there’s a tug at my heart strings to make sure they’re going to be ok,” Boulton says.

A similar bill was introduced in the Iowa House, but failed to pass a key committee by today’s (Friday’s) deadline.

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CAM Cougars Girls Basketball are getting ready for their post season game Friday night against Wayne Falcons

Sports

February 15th, 2024 by admin

The (20-2) Cam Cougars girls basketball team picked up a nice 73-24 post-season win over the Orient-Macksburg on Tuesday night. The Cougars lead 38-4 heading into the half and defensive ball pressure stepped up throughout the game. The Cougars were led in scoring by Senior Eva Stevenson who had 17 points on the night.

The Cam Cougars girls basketball team are led in scoring on the season by senior Eva Stevenson, who averages 21 points per game and senior Kierra Nichols averages 14 points a game.

Here is what Cam Cougars head girls basketball Joe Wollum had to say about the win Tuesday night.

Coach Wollum had this to say about his leading scorers leaders on the season.

Coach Wollum talked about how his Cougars team is gearing up for Friday nights game against Wayne.

Up Next

The CAM Cougars girls basketball team will host their next post season game against the Wayne Falcons on Friday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

 

 

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Much of the state will see snow tonight

News, Weather

February 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

The forecast calls for more snow tonight. National Weather Service Meteorologist, Kristy Carter, says it will spread across most of the state.

“It’ll be moving in tonight, for starters in northwest Iowa, but then it will move through the rest of central Iowa into most of Iowa even through the overnight hours, ending tomorrow night in southeast Iowa,” Cart says. She says there will be a band of heavier snow, and it will taper off from there. “Around the Highway 30 to Highway 20 corridors where two to four inches is probably going to be a little more common,” she says. “Elsewhere it’ll be one to two or less than that. If you are close to the band, maybe one to two for areas south and then to far north to northeast it’ll be less than one inch.”

Carter says we won’t have the blowing snow concern that we’ve had with other snowfall. She says the winds will pick up Friday night into Saturday, so they are not concerned about blowing snow. Things will cool off with the snow, but Carter says that won’t last long. She says there will be single digit wind chills Saturday, but the temperatures will move back into the 40s by Sunday. Carter says the snow will melt quickly as the temperatures increase.

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2024 State Wrestling Session 6- Class 1A – 02/15/24

Sports

February 15th, 2024 by Jim Field

Class 1A 2nd + 3rd Round Consolation Matches

106

Avery Vacek (Underwood) 27-19 won by decision over Jesus Lara (Clayton Ridge) 43-9 (Dec 8-5)

Kingston Carrigan (Riverside, Oakland) 31-14 won by fall over Reed Lauderman (Pekin) 29-15 (Fall 4:43)

Round 3 – Eli Rieb (Alta/Aurelia) 43-4 won by fall over Avery Vacek (Underwood) 27-20 (Fall 5:46)

Round 3 – Kingston Carrigan (Riverside, Oakland) 32-14 won by fall over Hunter Hodina (BGM, Brooklyn) 36-11 (Fall 5:16)

113

Jaxson Page (Alta/Aurelia) 46-4 won by fall over Davin Holste (Shenandoah) 21-20 (Fall 4:53)

Kalab Kuhl (Logan-Magnolia) 31-4 won by fall over Isaac Dominick (Ogden) 21-25 (Fall 3:33)

Brayden Maeder (Southwest Valley) 38-9 won by tech fall over Mason Knapp (West Bend-Mallard) 37-8 (TF-1.5 5:01 (17-2)

Round 3 – Kalab Kuhl (Logan-Magnolia) 32-4 won by tech fall over Linca Scarlett (Northwood-Kensett) 23-16 (TF-1.5 4:29 (15-0))

Round 3 – Jesse Burton (Westwood, Sloan) 36-2 won by fall over Brayden Maeder (Southwest Valley) 38-10 (Fall 3:33)

120

Gavin Kiger (Logan-Magnolia) 31-11 won by medical forfeit over Jayden Rinken (Nashua-Plainfield) 47-3 (M. For.)

Kellen Oliver (Riverside, Oakland) 35-15 won by decision over Jaxon Prichard (Westwood, Sloan) 31-11 (Dec 3-0)

Connor McLaughlin (Denver) 23-16 won by fall over Caleb Hoffman (Kuemper Catholic) 23-9 (Fall 1:21)

Gabe Johnson (Southwest Iowa) 41-12 won by fall over Ty Strode (Nodaway Valley) 30-18 (Fall 3:31)

Round 3 – Austin Etzel (Wilton) 39-11 won by decision over Gavin Kiger (Logan-Magnolia) 31-12 (Dec 8-2)

Round 3 – Lincoln Edwards (West Branch) 29-6 won by decision over Gabe Johnson (Southwest Iowa) 41-13 (Dec 5-4)

Round 3 – Blake Irvine (Don Bosco) 26-12 won by fall over Kellen Oliver (Riverside, Oakland) 35-16 (Fall 0:44)

126

Payton Harger (Earlham) 40-7 won by fall over Max Wingert (Logan-Magnolia) 26-13 (Fall 5:01)

Jordan Smith (Riverside, Oakland) 14-5 won by major decision over Braxton Bormann (Central Community, Elkader) 48-5 (MD 12-1)

Liam Stockberger (Central Springs) 50-4 won by fall over Gavin Sloss (AC/GC) 38-18 (Fall 4:48)

Luke Schroeder (Missouri Valley) 39-9 won by fall over Christian Michels (Saint Ansgar) 36-10 (Fall 3:26)

Joel DeJong (North Mahaska) 40-11 won by fall over Keyin Steeve (Nodaway Valley) 33-14 (Fall 3:53)

Seth Ettleman (Southwest Iowa) 43-6 won by fall over Carter Slager (Regina, Iowa City) 20-19 (Fall 4:18)

Round 3 – Kaben Morrow (Sioux Central) 39-6 won by decision over Seth Ettleman (Southwest Iowa) 43-7 (Dec 14-9)

Round 3 – Joel DeJong (North Mahaska) 41-11 won by fall over Jordan Smith (Riverside, Oakland) 14-6 (Fall 1:18)

Round 3 – Luke Schroeder (Missouri Valley) 40-9 won by decision over Liam Stockberger (Central Springs) 50-5 (Dec 8-6)

132

Logan Christoffel (West Branch) 32-7 won by fall over Jack Branan (Riverside, Oakland) 25-18 (Fall 3:36)

Kai Carritt (Logan-Magnolia) 39-9 won by decision over Owen Becerra (Missouri Valley) 24-19 (Dec 7-6)

Ethan Krall (Jesup) 40-6 won by fall over Tristan Becker (CAM) 28-23 (Fall 3:23)

Bradyn Burns (East Sac County) 47-13 won by fall over Jackson Colsch (Hudson) 27-15 (Fall 4:00)

Round 3 – Trey Ramer (Durant) 30-12 won by fall over Bradyn Burns (East Sac County) 47-14 (Fall 5:43)

Round 3 – Cooper Franklin (Alburnett) 44-13 won by fall over Kai Carritt (Logan-Magnolia) 39-10 (Fall 3:04)

138 

Holden Koele (Woodbury Central) 28-2 won by fall over Luke Cleaver (Missouri Valley) 27-19 (Fall 3:57)

Dylan Stein (Lenox) 48-1 won by tech fall over Dallas Tisue (Wapsie Valley) 16-11 (TF-1.5 5:07 (19-1)

Round 3 – Dylan Stein (Lenox) 49-1 won by major decision over Aidan Timm (Belle Plaine) 40-10 (MD 11-3)

144

Jaxon Gordon (Riverside, Oakland) 42-15 won by major decision over Ryder Cline (AC/GC) 22-12 (MD 9-1)

Dawson Beyer (Sibley-Ocheyedan) 42-7 won by decision over Brenner Sullivan (Woodbine) 38-15 (Dec 8-4)

Carmine Shaw (Nodaway Valley) 34-10 won by decision over Trenton Naragon (West Central Valley) 30-10 (Dec 10-3)

Lucas Bose (Underwood) 39-7 won by fall over Colton Halterman (Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas) 27-15 (Fall 2:37)

Round 3 – Mark Gant (Hinton) 40-11 won by fall over Jaxon Gordon (Riverside, Oakland) 42-16 (Fall 2:32)

Round 3 – Lucas Bose (Underwood) 40-7 won by fall over Gavyn Morphew (North Union) 38-11 (Fall 1:28)

Round 3 – Dawson Beyer (Sibley-Ocheyedan) 43-7 won by fall over Carmine Shaw (Nodaway Valley) 34-11 (Fall 1:51)

150

Riley Radke (Missouri Valley) 30-6 won by tech fall over Conlee Stark (Mount Ayr) 34-17 (TF-1.5 5:35 (18-2)

Round 3 – Riley Radke (Missouri Valley) 31-6 won by fall over Sampson Henson (Martensdale-St. Marys) 42-6 (Fall 2:21)

157 

Jake Irlbeck (Kuemper Catholic) 33-9 won by decision over Brogan Lake (Hinton) 39-10 (Dec 10-8)

Gage Holub (Lisbon) 38-17 won by decision over Jett Rose (Riverside, Oakland) 22-10 (Dec 4-3)

Ben Hansen (Missouri Valley) 39-8 won by major decision over Chaz Graves (Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas) 18-5 (MD 18-7)

Round 3 – Ben Hansen (Missouri Valley) 40-8 won by fall over Jackson Verschoor (Woodbury Central) 39-8 (Fall 0:35)

Round 3 – Jake Irlbeck (Kuemper Catholic) 34-9 won by decision over Owen Milder (Wilton) 42-7 (Dec 8-5)

165

Kyle Kuboushek (South Winneshiek) 43-9 won by fall over Jacob Rystrom (Shenandoah) 35-17 (Fall 1:45)

Andrew Kimball (Don Bosco) 33-6 won by decision over A.C. Roller (Riverside, Oakland) 25-12 (Dec 3-0)

Matthias Kohl (Lisbon) 23-5 won by fall over Ian Forsythe (Southwest Valley) 35-13 (Fall 2:12)

Tate Bieret (Kuemper Catholic) 33-9 won by fall over Naylan Gulbranson (South Central Calhoun) 27-19 (Fall 1:18)

Round 3 – Hunter Sauer (Alburnett) 44-13 won by decision over Tate Bieret (Kuemper Catholic) 33-10 (Dec 3-1)

175

Jordan Martin-England (Lenox) 42-8 won by decision over Terrian Islas (East Union) 37-12 (Dec 5-0)

Cayden Van Meer (Panorama) 45-5 won by decision over Brock Kleitsch (Wapsie Valley) 31-20 (Dec 6-4)

Owen Hoover (CAM) 37-8 won by fall over River Williams (Alburnett) 26-29 (Fall 5:09)

Round 3 – Owen Hoover (CAM) 38-8 won by decision over Carter Wright (Woodbury Central) 43-8 (Dec 5-4)

Round 3 – Cayden Van Meer (Panorama) 46-5 won by decision over Jordan Martin-England (Lenox) 42-9 (Dec 5-3)

190 

Bryce Wiskus (Kuemper Catholic) 36-9 won by fall over Michael Fuller (AC/GC) 38-15 (Fall 0:52)

Round 3 – Bryce Wiskus (Kuemper Catholic) 37-9 won by fall over Ryan Wirtz (Emmetsburg) 36-8 (Fall 4:51)

Round 3 – Jacob Bishop (Hinton) 43-7 won by fall over Hayden Heun (Underwood) 32-18 (Fall 1:18)

215

Grant Henderson (Sumner-Fredericksburg) 33-8 won by fall over Jayden Beckman (St. Albert) 17-24 (Fall 3:14)

Aiden Heitland (AGWSR) 33-4 won by fall over Coby Pierce (Kuemper Catholic) 14-9 (Fall 2:47)

Indy Ferguson (Lisbon) 40-13 won by decision over Carson Edney (Logan-Magnolia) 34-11 (Dec 5-2)

Henry Lund (AHSTW) 29-5 won by fall over Carter Richter (AC/GC) 26-21 (Fall 3:52)

Round 3 – Indy Ferguson (Lisbon) 41-13 won by decision over Henry Lund (AHSTW) 29-6 (Dec 4-2)

285

Derek Hilsenbeck (Wapsie Valley) 33-17 won by fall over RJ Dishong (Griswold) 37-12 (Fall 2:47)

Angel Barajas (Alta/Aurelia) 47-4 won by fall over Cooper Marvel (Southwest Iowa) 15-7 (Fall 3:22)

Joel Cooper (Panorama) 41-12 won by major decision over Steven Perkins (Shenandoah) 28-22 (MD 12-4)

Round 3 – Tyler Sulsberger (Westwood, Sloan) 39-8 won by fall over Joel Cooper (Panorama) 41-13 (Fall 1:29)

Quarterfinal Matches

106

Wesley Sadler (Lisbon) 38-9 won by decision over Crosby Yoder (Logan-Magnolia) 42-2 (Dec 2-1)

120

Tegan Slaybaugh (AC/GC) 49-2 won by decision over Eli Becerra (Missouri Valley) 35-5 (Dec 3-0)

132

Jadyn Friedrichs (Akron-Westfield) 42-2 won by decision over Carson Thomsen (Underwood) 28-6 (Dec 7-6)

138

Blake Allen (Underwood) 19-0 won by decision over Steve Brandenburg (Lake Mills) 49-6 (Dec 8-1)

144

Corbin Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) 45-0 won by major decision over Zane Mullenix (Pleasantville) 45-6 (MD 11-2)

Boden White (Denver) 44-2 won by decision over Charlie Veit (East Sac County) 43-4 (Dec 10-4)

150

Jacob McGargill (Shenandoah) 46-4 won by tech fall over Kaden Abbas (AGWSR) 32-4 (TF-1.5 6:00 (15-0))

Danny Kinsella (Treynor) 38-4 won by decision over Easton Krall (Wapsie Valley) 40-5 (Dec 3-1)

Reece Klostermann (Alburnett) 47-7 won by fall over Taven Moore (Riverside, Oakland) 33-9 (Fall 1:43)

157

Kayden Baxter (AHSTW) 32-4 won by decision over Will Buckholdt (Underwood) 35-14 (Dec 5-3)

165

Maddox Nelson (Underwood) 30-3 won by decision over Jackson Kounkel (Hinton) 40-7 (Dec 8-4)

175

Jace Nelson-Brown (Emmetsburg) 37-4 won by major decision over Zach Robbins (Treynor) 36-5 (MD 12-2)

Kaiden Knaack (Don Bosco) 31-4 won by decision over Jayden Dickerson (Shenandoah) 43-4 (Dec 11-6)

190

Louden Huisenga (WACO, Wayland) 36-0 won by major decision over Tate Haffner (Southwest Valley) 42-5 (MD 14-5)

215

Ashton Honnold (Nodaway Valley) 47-2 won by major decision over Jack Hiland (Bellevue) 35-10 (MD 11-3)

285

Trenton Warner (Nodaway Valley) 48-2 won in sudden victory – 1 over Aiden Salow (Maquoketa Valley) 39-4 (SV-1 3-1)

Cody Fox (East Buchanan) 44-2 won by fall over Payton Jacobe (AC/GC) 47-7 (Fall 4:17)

 

1 Don Bosco 95.5
2 Alburnett 80.5
3 Wilton 72.5
4 Jesup 54.0
5 Underwood 47.0
6 West Hancock, Britt 44.0
7 Lisbon 43.0
8 Earlham 41.0
9 Hinton 39.0
10 Wapsie Valley 37.0

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Iowa betting on Super Bowl breaks last year’s record

News, Sports

February 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Gaming Association CEO Wes Ehrecke says there was a record amount of money bet on the Super Bowl at state sports books this year.

A total of more than 2.47 billion dollars was wagered on sports in Iowa for the last fiscal year that ended in June. Three says this is the only sporting event where they keep an individual total on the betting.

Ehrecke says the betting on the big game probably drew a little more interest with Kansas City in the game along with former Cyclone quarterback Brock Purdy and former Hawkeye tight end George Kittle playing in the contest.

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Auditor says Board of Parole withholding documents about whistleblower complaint

News

February 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – State Auditor Rob Sand says the Board of Parole reports it has resolved an issue raised by a whistleblower who contacted Sand’s office, accusing the board of failing to have the right officials sit on the state panels for parole hearings. However, Sand says the board is citing a new law and refusing to provide documents showing the policy’s been fixed.

“Government corruption and secrecy are growing in the state of Iowa,” Sand said this morning during a news conference in his State Capitol office.

That 2023 law set up an appeal process if a state agency refused to provide the state auditor’s office with documents, but Sand said it would be “pointless” to seek an appeal. “That panel would be one person from our office, one person from the Board of Parole which works at the pleasure of the governor and the third person appointed by the governor,” Sand said. “I like efficiency in state government. I’m not here to clown around and waste people’s time.”

The Board of Parole says the information was not provided because Sand refused to provide a letter outlining the rights and responsibilities of those involved in the audit. A spokesman for the governor says “engagement letters” are an industry standard “and it’s concerning he refuses to comply with it.”

State Auditor Rob Sand at a news conference on Feb. 15, 2024. (RI photo)

A spokesman for Sand says the auditor’s office has a signed engagement letter from the Departments of Management and Administrative Services that covers “all of state government” and “if the Board of Parole believes it’s not part of state government, that’s news to us.”

A bill introduced in the Iowa Senate this week would let state agencies hire private CPA firms to conduct audits and Sand said that would destroy anti-corruption checks and balances in state government. “So let me make it clear regarding today’s report on the Board of Parole where we can’t say whether the state of Iowa is even following its own laws,” Sand said. “With this bill, they want to find an auditor who won’t even dare ask the question in the first place.”

Sand told reporters private CPAs charge far more than the hourly rate for auditing done by his office and having private CPA firms audit state government agencies would cost taxpayers about $5 million more per year.

“It would replace the state auditor chosen by the people of the state of Iowa with one insiders will handpick, with no bidding requirement and now means of independent oversight of their audits,” Sand said. “These insiders want an auditor who is a lapdog, not a watchdog.”

The Republican senator who’s sponsoring the bill said Iowa cities, counties and school districts are allowed to use private CPAs for annual audits and the policy should be extended to state government agencies. Sand told reporters the bill prohibits his office from following up if any of those private CPAs find problems.

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Oil spill in Glenwood reaches Keg Creek

News

February 15th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating an oil spill at Keg Creek in Mills County.

At approximately 5:25 a.m on Feb. 15, the Iowa DNR received a call via the 24-hour spill line from Mills County. At 4:30 AM, a fire broke out at the Best Finish Auto Body facility located in the City of Glenwood. Local fire and law enforcement responded to the scene and reported that an unknown amount of oil had made its way into storm drains flowing into Keg Creek. Further investigation revealed a maximum of 240 gallons of oil, 120 gallons of used oil, 80 gallons of transmission fluid, and 80 gallons of antifreeze were in the facility at the time of the fire.

Local crews added sand berms near the storm drain to help mitigate the product and fire water mixture from entering the drains. DNR staff later observed an oily sheen in Keg Creek approximately three miles south of the incident. An environmental company is on-site and working with the DNR on cleanup efforts. Water samples have been collected. No dead fish have been observed.

The investigation is currently ongoing. Further enforcement action will be considered when appropriate.

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