FOND DU LAC - A Malone dairy farm has been ordered by pay $60,000 for violating the state’s wastewater discharge laws.
Redtail Ridge Dairy in northeast Fond du Lac County, owned by Joe and Diane Thome, must pay costs to remedy the adverse effects of polluted discharges to the tributaries of the Sheboygan River, including the cost of replacing fish or other wildlife destroyed by the discharge, according to the Wisconsin Attorney General s Office.
The case was settled before it went to trial in the courtroom of Fond du Lac Circuit Court Judge Peter Grimm, who issued the fines earlier this month. Grimm found the dairy guilty of three violations: manure ponding on application site, manure runoff from site and manure discharge to waters through subsurface drains.
FOND DU LAC - The county s first COVID-19 vaccine clinic for residents age 65 and older was filled in less than one day, Fond du Lac County Health Department said Wednesday afternoon.
The department received an overwhelming response after announcing on Tuesday the COVID-19 vaccination clinic, set for Jan. 27, Health Officer Kim Mueller said in a Wednesday press release. If you do not receive a call back by the end of this week, you will be placed on a waitlist for future clinics, Mueller said. We ask for your patience in this process.
Due to the large amount of interest among this population, the department is no longer adding new callers to the callback list for future vaccine clinics.