Toxic blue-green algae spreading in North Dakota

(Bismarck, ND)  --  The toxic blue-green algae is on the increase in waterways around the state.  

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has been seeing a rise in the algae.  

There are currently nine advisories for bodies of water because of the presence of blue-algae.  

They include West/McKenna Lake in Logan County, Green Lake in McIntosh County and Froelich Dam in Sioux County.