Skunk River

The Skunk River bridge between Denmark and Augusta often was guarded by slave hunters, who considered the slaves as stolen property.

The department says her body was driven to a rural area of Mahaska County, weighted down and put in the South Skunk River.

He was reported missing Saturday night, after his kayak flipped in the Skunk River near Brighton.

Rain washed the chemical into her stream, which flows into the Skunk River and thence into the Mississippi.

As the water level drops, some fish will go through the drainage pipe into Cedar Creek and the Skunk River.