Winter storm knocks out power in Trego, Gove and Logan counties

Midwest Energy crews have been working on snapped power poles since Monday evening. — Midwest Energy crews have been working on snapped poles and power outages in northwest Kansas since Monday evening.

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

The wild western Kansas weather is keeping Midwest Energy crews busy.

Monday evening’s severe thunderstorms and high wind snapped off poles and broke cross arms on a number of MWE poles near Liebenthal, north of WaKeeney and between Colby and Goodland.

This evening, repair crews are headed to the winter-ravaged area west of Hays.

According to MWE Communications Manager Mike Morley, at 5 p.m. there were 17 outages impacting more than 2,600 customers in Oakley, Quinter, Grainfield, Gove, Park, and surrounding areas.

Morley said crews are en route.

Click here to view the Midwest Energy power outage report map.