Becker County Transfer Station creates section for lake weed disposal
The Detroit Lakes City Council denied a request to dispose of lake weeds at the city compost site.
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The Detroit Lakes City Council denied a request to dispose of lake weeds at the city compost site.
“You lose your temper, you yell at constituents, you never give committee reports – I think you kind of sunk your own ship,” former Commissioner Don Skarie told Vareberg.
“We have a good working relationship with Fargo,” said Becker County Environmental Services Director Steve Skoog. But times are changing, and now “they prefer to save it (landfill space) for their own people — that’s the long and short of it.”
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Otter Tail County has started stockpiling recycled glass at a facility now under construction near the Fergus Falls Transfer Station, with the building expected to be open for business in a few months.