A fish kill report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources shows 71,933 fish were killed following a spill of a supplement byproduct, used as fertilizer, into a creek near Fort Dodge.  The spill, which occurred April 14, killed fish for a stretch of more than 15 miles down South Branch Lizard Creek and into […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating darkly colored, murky water in a stormwater drainage ditch in Jefferson.  According to a press release from DNR, officials do not believe the discolored water reached the North Raccoon River, to which the ditch drains. No dead fish were observed and samples of the water were sent […]

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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a sewage spill in southern Des Moines near a Starbucks.  The spill was observed entering a storm sewer in the parking lot of the Starbucks at SE 14th Street and East Diehl Avenue. According to a Tuesday press release from DNR, the storm sewer drains into Yeader […]