Settlements Agreed on 2017 and 2019 Manue Spills

The State of Wisconsin has reached a 242-thousand dollar settlement over a pair of manure spills in Vernon and La Crosse counties.
The agreements with K-and-D Manure Handling were brokered earlier this month and announced Monday. The spills happened in 2017 and 2019, causing fish kills both times in Otter Creek in Vernon County and Bostwick Creek in La Crosse County. Although Republican lawmakers passed a lame-duck law three years ago requiring Attorney General Josh Kaul to get their approval before signing off on settlements, the Department of Justice says the law wasn’t applied here because the settlements were reached before lawsuits were filed.