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Tuesday, January 22, 2013  After being on line for more then half a century, the City of Keokuk is having to spend millions of dollars to upgrade their wastewater treatment plant along the riverfront.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Company enters into agreement with federal government over waste discharge.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  A controversial large-scale hog farm in McDonough County has the green light to begin construction.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Hannibal Board of Public Works is looking at millions of dollars in work to extend the troubled sewer plant's life.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  After keeping pace for most of 2011, the City of Quincy saw a sharp sales tax revenue decline in November.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Opponents of a proposed large-scale hog farm in McDonough County can breathe a sigh of relief - at least for now.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  Tuesday night, a standing room only crowd at WIU's Sandburg Theatre was far from an agreement on the proposed hog confinement. Shamrock Acres is the product of Larry O'Hearne, a family man backed with four generations of farming. He wants Shamrock Acres to house more than 18,000 pigs in a healthy and safe environment.

Thursday, May 05, 2011  Department of Natural Resources giving Mark Twain Landing 30 days to address issues at its wastewater treatment facility.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  Over 150 people packed the Knox County Courthouse on Monday morning to field their concerns to county commissioners on the existing CAFOs.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  The Keokuk Police Department says a local fisherman found the body of a man in the Mississippi River near the wastewater treatment plant late this morning.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  An undetermined amount of wastewater from a Lewis County pump station leaked Tuesday because of a mechanical malfunction.

Friday, January 22, 2010  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reporting power outages have caused the dumping of untreated wastewater into local streams and rivers.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009  The city of Thayer in southern Missouri has won a $2.1 million grant and a $2.1 million loan for wastewater improvements.

Thursday, October 01, 2009  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says an equipment failure has caused the Eldridge treatment plant to discharge wastewater into a nearby creek.