News from Neighbors

Haxtun police chief position to be offered to Nadow

HAXTUN-FLEMING HERALD, Dec. 22 — Haxtun Town Council approved a conditional job offer for the open police chief position on the local police department. Former police chief Tanya Mayhew resigned from her role in October. Her last day on the department was Nov. 1.

A committee formed to seek a new police chief, led by Haxtun Town Council member Rob Martinez, formally announced Nathon Nadow as the selected candidate for a conditional offer of employment. The conditional offer now allows Nadow to enter the next step of the hiring process, which includes further testing, including physical evaluation and psychological assessment.

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Wind-aided fire threatens home; 469 acres burned

IMPERIAL REPUBLICAN, Dec. 22 — One thing firefighters battling a Dec. 15 cornstalk and wheat stubble fire northwest of Imperial, Nebraska, can confirm is that it was windy and dirty.  

“The guys and girls out there ate a lot of smoke and dirt,” said Doug Mitchell, Imperial Volunteer Fire Department chief.  

A sustained wind speed of 43 mph, with gusts to 74 mph, was measured by the National Weather Service in North Platte, Nebraska, between 1 and 2 p.m. That dealt firefighters, not only from Imperial but from seven other fire departments, a challenging six hours on the scene.  

The  fire, starting about 1:15 p.m., burned from the Avenue 317/Road 742 intersection and moved southeast, threatening the Stan and Janelle Cross rural farmstead along its path. 

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