Decontamination units in Minnesota and Wisconsin will launch a multiday effort to stop numerous invasive species that threaten a river separating the two states.
An invasive weed which has been spreading across the midwest has now been discovered in Minnesota. Palmer Amaranth, also known as Palmer Pigweed has been discovered on a farm in Yellow Medicine County.
Invasive species have been discovered in another central Minnesota lake. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says zebra mussels have been discovered in Lake Osakis near Alexandria.