Otterbein College Sues Department of Defense Over Contaminated Land

The Columbus Dispatch reports that Otterbein College is suing the Department of Defense over the clean up — or lack thereof — of land given to the college in 1962.

The 111-acre tract was a munitions facility during World War II, and the complaint says that the college has found artillery rounds and even radioactive materials on the site. At one time the college had wanted to sell the land, but could not because of the contamination. Now the college wants to use the land for its horse-science program.

The Dispatch says the college accepted the donation decades ago on the condition that the military would clean it, the report says.