JEFFERSON CITY — An employee of the Department of Natural Resources who was responsible for closing public beaches in Missouri when bacteria tests were high has been fired for his role in the E. coli controversy at Lake of the Ozarks.
The Kansas City Star has the story.
Jim Yancey was on vacation when he received high E. coli results that should have led to the closure of Public Beach No. 1. But the beach wasn’t closed. The E. coli controversy started when another former DNR employee withheld a report showing high E. coli levels throughout the lake just before Memorial Day weekend. Since then, Gov. Jay Nixon has fired a top aide and ordered an investigation into pollution at the lake.
A Senate committee is also investigating.
For more background on the story read previous coverage here and here.
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