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Hundreds of fish killed by manure runoff in Monroe County

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Hundreds of fish killed by manure runoff in Monroe County

By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio

This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.

Manure runoff from a dairy farm in Monroe County killed hundreds of fish in nearby waterways, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The agency first received notice of the spill Saturday from a call to its violation hotline.

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