Madison - September 17, 2020 - Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported the highest single day rise of positive (confirmed case) 94,746 (+2,034). For more information: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/data.htm If you think that’s scary try 2,533 Firday. Flyover ll - Where CAFO ll pig manure spreads Flyover ll video shows all the fields where manure will be spread (according to Roth Feeder Pigs, Inc. filing application) far and wide, plus the potential for runoff. It clearly shows that this in not a point source of pollution, as the manure will be piped or trucked throughout a large area of our countryside touching on parts of 3 townships; Marietta, Eastman and Steuben.

The more fields this pig manure is spread on (over 1200 acres), the more chances of runoff into intermittent streams that would carry the pollutants to the Kickapoo & Wisconsin Rivers. Geologically speaking, those intermittent streams follow fractures that are easy pathways to ground water aquifers where pollutants could end up in our drinking water.

There is a difference between small or medium farms spreading animal manure or chemicals on fields to nurse their crops, where input and output are hopefully balanced, and an industrial farm using the fields as dumping grounds to rid themselves of their burden. When overspreading occurs the land becomes saturated with phosphorous and nitrates without regard to crop needs or runoff.

The industrial application of over 9,000,000 gals of pig manure, across the lower Kickapoo and Knapp Watersheds in Crawford County, with it's odor, insects and pathogens endangers the health, welfare, and safety of our entire community. Industrial farms are not sustainable. If you want to know more about runoff visit: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Nonpoint/AgEnviromentalImpact.html

If you want to change this outcome, call your County Rep, they won’t listen to us, maybe they’ll listen to you, but I wouldn't put money on it. DNR investigating fatal hunting incident ALLAMAKEE COUNTY, Iowa – On Saturday, September 5, 2020, around 5:00pm, DNR Conservation Officers responded to a fatal hunting incident at Fish Farm Mounds Wildlife Area near New Albin, Iowa.

Investigators found a 46 year old male from St. Paul, MN, dead at the scene. The man was believed to be squirrel hunting at Fish Farm Mounds Wildlife Area prior to his death.

The name of the man is being withheld pending family notification. The incident is under investigation by the Iowa DNR and the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office. Postville, Iowa man killed in crash Postville, IA, September 5, 2020 at 9:35 a.m. - Two vehiles were northbound on Gunder Road at the Intersection of 120th St. Jasmyne Jones, 23 of Cedar Rapids, IA was driving a 2004 Toyt Avalon. Byron Meyer, age 72 of Postville, IA, was driving a 2016 Polaris Ranger, with his wife, Eileen Meyer, age 68.

The Jones vehile was over-taking the Meyer's vehile when the Meyer's vehicle attempted to turn west on 120th Street, colliding with the Jones vehicle, ejecting the unrestrained driver of the UTV. Mr. Byron Meyer died as a result of the accident. MWN