New CAFO in the works

A proposed confined animal feeding operation in Owen Township cleared its final hurdle Tuesday night during a Jackson County Board of Zoning Appeals meeting.

That approval, however, for a request from Tom and Linda Hallow for a special exception for the 8,000-head operation on County Road 100S, west of County Road 50W, didn’t come without opposition.

Jim Davers, president of the Medora Town Council, for instance, said he had some concerns about how the operation might affect the town’s water supply.

“We want you to take a good, hard look at this,” Davers said.

Davers’ concerns focused on the potential for floodwaters crossing ground where manure from the Hallows’ hog operation might be spread. He said those same floodwaters flow near wells that supply drinking water for about 400 customers in the town.

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