The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has approved the nutrient management plan of an 11,600-head open cattle feedlot near Monona.
Supreme Beef, owned by Mike Walz, Dean Walz and Jared Walz, now may complete the project started in 2017 but stalled by environmental violations, opposition from neighbors and legal wrangling with two former business partners.
Environmental groups were not happy with the decision.
“If IDNR can approve this facility, which is located in sensitive karst topography, in the watershed of an Outstanding Iowa Water and important cold water trout streams, then current Iowa laws and regulations provide no protection of the public interest and exist solely to rubber stamp livestock industry interests,” Ingrid Gronstal, water program director for the Iowa Environmental Council, said in a prepared statement.
Richmond officials highlight reasons for going through withdrawal process from Hallowell-area school district centralmaine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from centralmaine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While union ‘lost patience,’ Hallowell-area superintendent’s contract still renewed by school board
After a motion to table the contract approval was defeated, Superintendent Tonya Arnold s contract was renewed through June 30, 2023, in an 8-1 vote.
Regional School Unit 2 Superintendent Tonya Arnold, seen during a Zoom school board meeting Sept. 3, 2020.
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HALLOWELL Regional School Unit 2 Superintendent Tonya Arnold said in email to staff Feb. 3 that 85% of the district’s coronavirus cases were because of teachers and staff, a claim that quickly sparked controversy and led the teachers union to say it had “lost patience” with her leadership.
She followed that up the morning of Feb. 4 with another message to district employees apologizing to anyone whose feelings were hurt by her communication from the day before. Hours later, after a motion to postpone the decision failed, the RSU 2 board of directors approved a contract extension for Arnold to
Two Killed in Head-on Crash Near Fort Hall
FORT HALL, Idaho(KLIX)-Two people were killed in a head-on crash early Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 91 near Fort Hall.
According to Idaho State Police, 39-year-old John Hamann and 60-year-old Tena Silveira died when their two vehicles collided at around 5 a.m. just north of Fort Hall. Hamann, of Pocatello, was driving south in a Dodge when he crossed the center line and hit the Chevrolet Classic Silveira, of Pocatello, was driving.
Both lanes of traffic were blocked for about three hours while crews cleared the scene, according to ISP.
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