VIDEO: Rare twin tornadoes barreled through the northeast Nebraska town of Pilger seven years ago today, killing two people, injuring 20 more and forever changing the lives of the nearly 350 people who called the town home. Pilger, a Stanton County village, is 80 miles northwest of Omaha. The storm destroyed or heavily damaged an estimated three-fourths of Pilger, including the middle school, Midwest Bank, the co-op, a convenience store, the post office, numerous houses, city hall, the firehouse and St.
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Crews are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a detached garage at a Port of Centralia-owned property in the 1100 block of Alder Street Wednesday morning. While the 24-by-30 foot structure is still standing, it has been deemed not structurally sound. Riverside Fire Authority and the Chehalis Fire Department responded to the initial call at 9:40 a.
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Franklin County commissioners voted to give the town of Eustis $35,437.50 for funds toward a fire truck, reports Sun Journal.

The $118,125 fire truck is a 2006 Rosenbauer America, 4-by-4 rescue pumper and has a custom chassis. The truck also has compressed air foam system. Eustis selectmen gave conditional approval to the purchase a couple of weeks ago pending results of a pump test.

Cheboygan City Council members have approved selling a 1985 GMC 7000 Series fire truck for $3,335, reports Cheboygan Daily Tribune.

The 1985 truck had been taken out of commission when the city purchased a 2007 fire truck from the City of Petoskey last year, which also came with a generator and a JAWS of Life unit. The older truck was a very good condition for being more than 35 years old and had just over 14,000 miles on it.

The fire truck being sold has a 427 gasoline engine with a five speed manual transmission. It carries a 1,000 gallon water tank and a Hale pump that can pump 1,000 gallons per minute.

East Rockingham Fire Department’s fire station has been delayed, reports Richmond County Daily Journal.

The increase in the cost of metal and lumber has been a cause of the delay. There also isn’t an estimate of the total cost for the project. Plans have been in the works for nearly two years.

The ERFD has been setting money aside for this project for years, and has also been working with the County on securing funding.

The new fire station will have fire trucks and will be considered an “annex” of the primary building and would be more convenient for the firefighters.