Conservation Police investigating 20 mile stretch of dead fish in Livingston County

Posted on April 2, 2024
IDNR and Conservation Police are working the case. (Photo courtesy: Livingston County/Facebook)

By Blake Haas

LIVINGSTON COUNTY – Local police want to discover why a large fish kill stretched 20 miles in Livingston County.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says dead fish spanned the banks of a 20-mile stretch in Livingston County.

Authorities found the dead fish .75 miles south of Highway 24 near Weston to two thousand North.

IDNR fisheries, wildlife biologists, and conservation police officers are working with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the cause of the fish kill.

Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…