Severe storm breaks 28 high voltage poles

A severe storm Friday night led to 28 broken high voltage poles southeast of Spearman, causing an emergency condition for all substations in the North Plains Electric Cooperative system.

There were 13 poles on County Road Y, east of Highway 760 in Hansford County, and 15 poles on County Road X west of Highway 207 also in Hansford County. Members throughout the counties in their service area were as…