Roundup at Arkabutla Lake concerns DeSoto County residents
DeSoto County residents are pushing back on a planned project to spray thousands of acres at Arkabutla Lake with herbicides as part of ongoing dam-repair efforts. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
Tbe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to spray herbicide across 5,500 acres of Arkabutla Lake as part of the ongoing repair project on the lake dam after a strain was discovered in 2023.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Arkabutla Lake DeSoto CountyAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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