BATTLE CREEK, MI — A Calhoun County dairy farm accused of polluting the Kalamazoo River watershed will pay $32,907 and install groundwater monitoring wells under a court-approved settlement.
Under terms of a Feb. 13 consent judgement, Holloo Farms LLC near Marshall will pay the civil fine and begin groundwater monitoring to resolve a four-year legal battle with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued the farm in 2022, alleging that improper livestock waste handling and manure spreading dating back to 2004 had allowed contaminated runoff into the watershed via tiled fields and county drains…