Plan aims to clean up water at Decorah fish hatchery
The Decorah Hatchery seeks colder, clearer water as rainbow trout rely on clean flows. EPA approved a Trout Run and Siewers Spring watershed plan in April to cut farm erosion, fund soil health projects, and add filter strips and cover crops to keep sediment from muddying the water.
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Decorah
Decorah Fish Hatchery
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Paul Berland
Friends of Decorah Fish Hatchery
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Trout Run
Siewers Spring
Decorah Hatchery offers year round tours and trout program plans
Decorah Fish Hatchery at 2321 Sievers Spring Rd operates sunrise to sunset with free admission. Tours can be scheduled by phone. The Iowa DNR reports a $100000 cost-share through Nov 30 2026 for grass waterways cover crops and sediment basins funded mainly by EPA Section 319 grants with NRCS and Winneshiek SWCD assisting. The plan spans 20 years aiming to enroll 1000 acres in cover crops. 850 already enrolled with growing interest.
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Sievers Spring Rd
Decorah
Iowa Dnr
EPA
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Winneshiek Soil and Water Conservation District
Megan Giorgenti
Trout Run
Giorgenti
Civilian Conservation Corps
Allamakee
Howard
Mitchell
Winneshiek
Megan.giorgenti
Dnr
Iowa
Decorah Hatchery
Fayette County dealer faces charges after bust finds 300 marijuana plants
Clyde Taylor Pickett, 75, is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and each of possession with intent to deliver marijuana and failure to affix a drug tax stamp after deputies found over 300 marijuana plants and 58 firearms at his Randalia home. He was jailed on $5,000 bail following a Monday crash.
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Anandalia
Fayette County
Clyde Taylor Pickett
Pickett
Randalia
Sheriff's Office
Johnson County Seeks Bigger Jail Plan Faces Skepticism
Johnson County Supervisors debated a Shive-Hattery space needs study proposing a new jail and sheriff office with 140 beds plus admin and investigations space. Critics urged clearer data and questioned 140 beds while others argued for minimal or zero new jail beds and noted existing facility issues and prior bond efforts.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Fixmer-Craiz
Fixmer
Shive-Hattery
Brad Kunkel
Kunkel
Shire Hattery
Axiom Consultants
Robert Decker
The
Gazette
Rod Sullivan
Board of Supervisors
Gazette publication details and subscription rates
The Gazette operates from Cedar Rapids Iowa with daily publication at 116 Third St SE. It lists subscription options including $9 weekly and annual rates for in state and out of state home delivery, plus contact numbers for subscription service and general inquiries.
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Third St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Gazette
Gazette Communications Inc
Falience Company
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