John Diedrich

Noxious Neighbor

Noxious Neighbor

ST. FRANCISĀ – Deborah Kessel and Robert Kress hear the first barrels banging at 5 a.m. most weekdays. An hour later, the smokestack atop Mid-America Steel Drum begins churning out chalky white, often putrid-smelling plumes of exhaust over their St. Francis home....