Officials investigate fish kill in eastern Iowa river
Published: Aug. 8, 2019 at 5:50 PM CDT
State environmental officials are investigating a fish kill in a river in eastern Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says in a news release that thousands of dead fish — mostly rough fish and minnows — were found Thursday along a 10-mile stretch of the Little Maquoketa River starting north of Epworth and running downstream to Durango.
Investigators say a pollutant could not be identified from preliminary field tests, and the source of the fish kill has not been identified.
Officials took water samples for testing and will continue investigating.
