News from Neighbors
Nasty weather
BURLINGTON RECORD, June 1 — Mother Nature started the Memorial Day weekend with some nasty weather Friday, May 26, in the late afternoon and evening. A storm cloud passed through the area north of Burlington that had strong winds, rain, hail and a tornado that touched down near Bonny Dam.
It was definitely named a tornado by the National Weather Service at Goodland, Kansas, and they received numerous reports concerning hail, crop damage and loss of livestock in the storm that caused widespread damage in southeast Yuma County and northeast Kit Carson County.
South Platte running high, shows need for more storage
STERLING JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, May 31 — Higher-than-usual snowpack in the Colorado high country and a relatively wet May have irrigation reservoirs filled to the brim and ditch companies running full blast. The conditions also illustrate the need for more water storage in the South Platte River basin.
The Colorado Division of Water Resources’ April report already showed reservoirs nearly brimming. A month ago, the North Sterling Reservoir was at 95 percent capacity, and Prewitt was at 86 percent. Jim Yahn, manager of the North Sterling Irrigation District and Prewitt Reservoir, said Tuesday both reservoirs are full.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Colorado SNOTEL report showed the South Platte basin at 223 percent of median snowpack on Tuesday. That means the water contained in the snow that has yet to melt is 223 percent of the average for May 30 for the years 1981 through 2010.
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Alabama man faces multiple charges after chase
IMPERIAL REPUBLICAN, June 1 — An Alabama man faces multiple charges in two counties following an ordeal last week that started in Champion, Nebraska, and ended in a rural area near Wauneta, Nebraska.
The incident began last Thursday morning when the Chase County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a subject reportedly trying to break into a rural Champion residence the night before.
The sheriff’s office received a report of a vehicle and suspect matching the same description, reportedly trying to steal tires at a rural shop in the Enders, Nebraska, area. The witness said the vehicle went east on Highway 6 toward Wauneta. Afterward, three tires were reported stolen.
Deputy Justin Mueller located the vehicle in Wauneta Crossroads and made a traffic stop. He contacted the driver, James Page Todd, 22, of Dothan, Alabama, and questioned him about the theft and attempted burglary in Champion. He had the suspect exit his vehicle.
Mueller was in the process of running the suspect through NCIC/NCIS when Todd ran back to his vehicle and drove off, heading east on Highway 6.
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