Jill Schramm/MDN Kent Krause, left, president of Pinnacle, which provides environmental services to Dakota SAO, and Mitch Baum, right, representing Dakota SAO, stand before the Pierce County Planning and Zoning Board Thursday, Oct. 16, to talk about plans for a commercial hog operation in the county.

RUGBY – Concerns about a proposed swine operation’s odor and impact on water supplies led to protests against its permit request at the Pierce County Planning and Zoning hearing Thursday, Oct. 16, in Rugby.

The zoning board took no action after about a two-hour hearing but scheduled discussion for Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. A recommendation from the board would go to the Pierce County Commission for a final decision.

Not all residents who attended the public hearing opposed the plan of Da

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