Residents in communities surrounding the Pomme de Terre River and lake celebrated a preliminary victory Tuesday in their efforts to protect the bodies of water from an infusion of treated wastewater.

PLEASANT HOPE, MO – The meeting for public comment was set to take place this coming weekend. For months, Missouri Prime Beef Packers have had intentions to dump treated wastewater into the Pomme De ...

State regulators are considering a request from Missouri Prime Beef Packers, which processes more than 3,500 cattle per week near Pleasant Hope, to treat wastewater from its operation using ...

PLEASANT HOPE, Mo. (KY3) - State leaders say a beef packing plant has withdrawn a request to dump waste into one of Missouri’s rivers, but some say the fight may not be over. Over the past few months, ...

PLEASANT HOPE, Mo. — A small town in Polk County, Missouri, is now getting attention from the Department of Natural Resources. Missouri Prime Beef Packers, a slaughterhouse in Pleasant Hope, recently ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Calves and cattle stand in a field nearly Freeburg, Mo. JEFFERSON CITY — In response to significant interest, state officials ...

A southwest Missouri meatpacking plant that sought to dump treated wastewater into an impaired river will halt operations -- at least temporarily. Missouri Prime Beef Packers will shutter its Pleasant ...

Missouri Prime Beef Packers, the Pleasant Hope-based beef processing plant seeking to dump treated wastewater in the Pomme de Terre River, rescinded its application to use an innovative technology in ...

For Goldie Potter, the Pomme de Terre Lake has been a constant throughout many stages of her life. During her childhood, spent in the nearby town of Halfway, Potter and her family would travel to the ...

A southwest Missouri meatpacker has withdrawn its request to discharge treated wastewater into an impaired river after state regulators announced their intent to deny the company a permit. Missouri ...

HERMITAGE, Mo. (KY3) - Monday night, people living in Pleasant Hope and the surrounding towns voiced their concerns about waste being dumped into Pomme De Terre river. The Missouri Prime Beef Packers ...