A community known for its lakes is clamping down on a lawn fertilizer blamed for excessive algae and weed growth. Dane County is the first county in Wisconsin to ban phosphorus, something the small community of Amery in northern Wisconsin did with success 13 years ago. Shamane Mills reports…
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