Main Break Causes Closure of Worth County School

A water main break Monday forced the closure of the Worth County School. Residents reported low water pressure that morning, and the school used one of its snow dates. The break was north of Gentry just north of the bridge as a plastic pipe ruptured. The city crew as well as Ed Ackley of the Rural Water District helped with the repairs. The county offered to help as well, but they were not needed. The crew was forced to cut down some trees to get to the break, but it was fixed by 11:00 a.m. that day. Neither Parnell nor Gentry ran out of water that day; Northeast Nodaway's elementary had school as normal. Crews were flushing water lines in preparation of restoring water service later; Grant City was placed under a boil advisory after the break. The Nursing Home continued to function during the break; the Grant City Fire Department delivered a tank of water so that they could use water for basic functions. Secretary Jozy Moyer said that they had a management plan in place had there been an extended outage; the state requires them to draw up emergency plans for many different situations.