The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure spill in Keokuk County. On Saturday (12/5), the DNR received several reports of a spill eleven miles north of Sigourney. One report came from an employee at Dietrich Hauling who said a hitch snapped Saturday afternoon, causing a tractor and manure trailer to go into the ditch at 110th Street just north of 190th Avenue. An estimated 500 to 600 gallons of manure spilled into a tributary of the English River. The employee pumped contaminated water out of the tributary. The DNR took water samples and found elevated ammonia levels, but no signs the spill reached the English River.
