LENEXA, Kansas, June 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * June meetings will focus on the findings of the site's latest Five-Year Review * * * Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will host two community meetings on Monday and Tuesday, June 24 and 25, to provide community members with an update about the Omaha Lead Superfund Site and the findings from the site's Five-Year Review. Five-Year Reviews provide an op  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Clive man was sentenced on June 12, 2024, to 18.5 years in federal prison for wire fraud and an additional six months for criminal contempt of court. He also was ordered to pay over $2.4 million in restitution to the victims of his fraud. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Zachary James Flaherty, 48, conducted a vast fraud ov  more

LENEXA, Kansas, June 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the filing of a settlement agreement with three parties, requiring the payment of cleanup costs at the Findett Corp. Superfund Site in St. Charles, Missouri. The settlement was filed in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri. The settlement agreement is issued under the authority of the C  more