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Parts of Sibley Re-Opened Following Sunday Train Derailment
By charguth May 17, 2021 10:01 am
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Sibley, IA (KICD)– Law enforcement officials have reduced the area of Sibley being asked to evacuate after a train derailed southwest of town Sunday afternoon.
A social media post by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Monday morning has an area from 4th Avenue and 8th Street south and west past the county fairgrounds to 5th Avenue West still under an evacuation order with all other residents being allowed to return home.
The derailment was reported as Superintendent James Craig and other community members were beginning commencement at Sibley-Ocheyedan Highschool.
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Fire still burning at derailed train in northwest Iowa
The yellow area on this map of Sibley is still under an evacuation order.
Emergency crews are still working to extinguish the flames after Sunday’s train derailment and fire in the northwest Iowa town of Sibley.
Congressman Randy Feenstra says he was on a call with Osceola County Emergency Management and Sibley leaders.
Feenstra says emergency crews continue working on containing the fire. Evacuations & barricades remain in place.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says the evacuation area has been made smaller and some people are being allowed to go back to their homes and businesses. The evacuation area is now about 25 blocks in the southern part of Sibley.
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Year in Review 2020: Local manufacturers, mask makers meet the challenge
From Bedford Industries to Fey Industries, and people operating sewing machines across the region, area s healthcare workers get much needed protective equipment. 7:00 am, Dec. 29, 2020 ×
Bedford Industries began making more than 100,000 of these face shields each day, and it planned to distribute them across the country in an effort to ease the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Special to The Globe)
WORTHINGTON From cloth face masks to clear plastic face shields, area residents and some local manufacturers stepped up in a big way to help address the need for personal protective equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic.