SPEAKING OUT - Byron Brankle holds a bottle of water to illustrate the importance of safeguarding local drinking water from the potential risks of a proposed dairy near Van Buren as residents voice their opinions during a Grant County Area Plan Commission meeting Tuesday night at the Willis Van Devanter Grant County Office Complex. JEFF MOREHEAD / jmorehea@marion.gannett.com
BY RACHEL KIPP, Chronicle-Tribune
rlkipp@marion.gannett.com
No permits will be issued to confined feeding operations wanting to locate in Grant County for up to six months as officials look at changing how the large-scale farms are regulated.
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