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Richard LaFollette says a miracle happened when he fertilized the hay on his Buchanan County farm with sludge.

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Kansas City -- Health and environmental officials have concluded that sludge from a St.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources , with assistance from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services , opened a cooperative investigation into the tannery sludge issue in late April 2009.

Federal and state investigators said they're not so certain that a St. Joseph tannery is at the center of a series of brain tumors in the Cameron area.

The total tax value of two new gas and oil pipelines will come close to the values of the local electric and phone utilities in Buchanan County.

The Missouri Department of Transportation reported Wednesday morning that Route H and Route FF remained closed at Agency due to high water on the Platte River.

On Tuesday, the state closed one Missouri highway and five state routes due to heavy rains and rising creeks and rivers.

Area rivers swelled after recent rains, but hints of flooding have subsided. Despite nearly a half inch of rain Tuesday, the area is still nearly an inch below normal, said Justin Gesling, meteorologist at St.

Perry County's representative in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson Wednesday reacted to news that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would reduce access to a critical flood aid program which helps communities with clean-up, debris removal, and pumping efforts to remove water.

Violent storms that spawned at least one tornado raked northeastern Missouri on Wednesday evening, killing one person and damaging numerous buildings.

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson today submitted comments on the greenhouse gas emissions rule which is open for public comment by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Thousands of utility customers remain without power from the severe storms that hit southern Missouri on Friday.

Home << Local << Samples collected in sludge investigation The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and two state offices collected samples at area farms last week in an effort to discover the presence of a suspected chemical in sludge fertilizer.

The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that the following roads in Northwest Missouri are currently closed due to flooding effective 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 29th: Andrew County: Route C - NOW OPEN at South City Limits of Rosendale Route C - Closed at MO 48 due to flooding from 102 River Route B - NOW OPEN one mile west of ...

Mike Bucher wades through floodwater Monday afternoon looking for help finding sand as friends help Poochie and Pam Johnson sandbag their home Monday afternoon in preparation for floodwaters.

The fertilizer was free and, by all accounts, great for crops.To top it off &#8212; the St.

The Environmental Protection Agency will sample soil and water in a four-county area of northwest Missouri where sludge from a leather tanning plant was distributed for use as fertilizer.

The investigation into the cause of brain tumors near Cameron, Mo., took a new twist today when a lawsuit filed with the assistance of noted environmental activist Erin Brockovich accused a tannery of being at fault.Sludge from Prime Tanning Corp., in St.

Recently, many families around Missouri have been making efforts to be more environmentally aware.