Kudzu costing DeKalb

Weeds and kudzu around DeKalb County detention ponds will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next year and a half.

The county recently agreed to pay Charity Lawn and Turf Care of Decatur up to $275,000 to spray herbicides along the ponds the county controls. The contract is good through May 2013 and covers all county road and drainage properties.

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