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UPDATE: Dawsonville says Gold Creek owes $1.7 million in unpaid fines; files counterclaim against chicken processor
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In a recent filing for a federal lawsuit, the City of Dawsonville alleged that Gold Creek Foods harmed the city’s water and sewer infrastructure by releasing high strength wastewater from the regional chicken processor’s Dawsonville plant. File photo.
Julia Hansen
DCN Staff
Updated: May 31, 2024, 12:24 PM
Published: May 30, 2024, 10:00 PM
Gold Creek Food’s continual discharge of high-strength wastewater has damaged the city of Dawsonville’s sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, according to the city’s most recent filing in a federal lawsuit.
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Part-time magistrate judge salaries may be slashed in half in Dawson County’s next budget
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Magistrate judge Amanda Yenerall asks the board on Oct. 16 to not approve cuts to magistrate salaries as part of Dawson County’s 2026 budget. - photo by Julia Hansen
Julia Hansen
DCN Staff
Updated: Oct 27, 2025, 1:43 PM
Published: Oct 24, 2025, 6:08 PM
Dawson’s magistrates are facing salary cuts tied to on-call work hours. Here’s what we learned.
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