Residents of Mead gathered Tuesday to hear an update on the ethanol plant that polluted their rural town.
“I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say we’ve moved mountains,” Gov. Jim Pillen told community members inside the Encounter Life Ministries Church on County Road 10.
Just down the dirt road, a facility called AltEn spent years in the business of turning pesticide-coated seeds into ethanol. The method created 85,000 tons of contaminated byproducts that polluted the neighboring village of Mead and spurred widespread fear for the health and safety of thousands of people…