DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Fresh Meats will pay more than $2 million as part of a settlement over past pollution in the Missouri River near Tyson’s Dakota City, Neb. beef processing plant.
The Springdale, Ark., company and U.S. officials announced the $2,026,500 settlement on Thursday.
Prosecutors say that the Tyson plant, which was previously owned by IBP, improperly discharged fecal coliform and nitrites into the river on a number of occasions between July 2003 and March 2004. The high levels of nitrites harmed aquatic life in the river.
The discharges also violated the terms of a 2002 agreement between regulators and Tyson.
Tyson discharges an average of five million gallons of treated wastewater from its Dakota City plant into the Missouri River each day.
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NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — Bethel College in Newton is searching for a new leader after the school’s board of directors voted to oust the existing president after just three years.
Board chairman Mel Goering of Santa Fe, N.M., announced the decision to replace Barry Bartel this week. He didn’t give a reason for the ouster but said the board was “saddened” to make the decision.
Bartel said he wasn’t given a reason either when a member of the school’s executive committee called him last week to say the board was moving in a new direction. But he said he feels there was a lack of confidence in his leadership.
English professor and executive vice president for institutional development John Sheriff has been named interim president while the board searches for a permanent replacement.
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Information from: The Newton Kansan, http://www.thekansan.com/
