on . The majority of dead fish, 62,620, were observed in South Branch Lizard Creek, where the spill from CJ Bio America occurred. The company noticed the byproduct from manufacturing lysine had ...

The spot at which Lizard Creek flows into the Des Moines River is about 300 yards upstream from the city's water treatment plant. According to Chad Shaeffer, chief development officer with the ...

Lucas Moore, a lifelong Fort Dodge resident who grew up fishing in Lizard Creek, expressed his frustration. "You would think they have preventative measures for something to happen," he said.

A purple 4-inch lizard is a bottom-dancing fish catcher in any stream. Any dark color may work, but I'm sold on purple after a wade-fishing trip on the Buffalo National River.