Part of a northwest Iowa river has been pumped dry • Iowa Capital Dispatch
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A stretch of the Ocheyedan River has been dry since September, due in part to a rural water utility's withdrawal of groundwater.
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A portion of northwest Iowa river has been pumped dry
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