Manure hauler Gregory Stodola is out on a $1,000 signature bond after his initial appearance in Kewaunee County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Stodola is facing three charges of willful pollution discharge into a public waterway as a result of spreading manure on a field used by Wakker Farms in Kewaunee. As a condition of the signature bond, Stodola is not allowed to have contact with Johannes Wakker and his crop consultant Benjamin Todd Koss. Judge David Weber granted an order of dismissal without prejudice for charges against Wakker and Koss early last month. According to the amended complaint filed on January 25th, the charges alleging a conspiracy to commit a crime and fraudulent writing were dropped against Wakker, Koss, and manure hauler Gregory Stodola. An investigation in 2021 showed that Stodola intentionally over-applied manure contrary to the conditions of Walker’s Nutrient Management permit. The complaint accuses Stodola of manipulating the record-keeping before sending the falsified information to Wakker and Koss for their review. The actual amounts were collected from data on Stodola’s equipment and showed he overapplied the manure by 1.9 million gallons. Wakker forwarded the documentation to Koss to be sent into the DNR, where the numbers were further fabricated to ensure everything was done to an acceptable and legal standard. He told the DNR conservations that manure was being over-applied on several occasions, leading to some pollutant discharge events. The complaint does not explain why the fraudulent writing and conspiracy to commit crime charges, felonies in Wisconsin, were dropped. Stodola could be jailed and fined if convicted.