Sheriff's office to get communications equipment upgrade

The Kimball County commissioners agreed to purchase new communication equipment for the sheriff’s office at the May 19 regularly scheduled meeting.

The new logger, at a cost of $14,590, will replace one which is seven years old and is malfunctioning. The logger records phone calls for the county’s 911 system.

“I feel it’s time that we do this. It will coincide with everything else that we’re doing right now,” Sheriff Harry Gillway said.

The logger currently in place records the information on DVDs. Both of the DVD drives currently need repair, said Linda Williams, county communi...