DELTA COUNTY, MI, Aug. 15, 2020 (UpNorthLive) -Fisheries officials with Michigan are investigating a fish kill on the Escanaba River.

The fish kill incident was reported August 9 along the lower reaches of the Middle Branch of the Escanaba River in Delta County, according to the DNR.

Personnel from the Michigan Departments of Natural Resources and Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said the investigation is focused near Gladstone, downstream of Verso Corporation's Escanaba Paper Mill.

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