Residents be vigilant, snake season is upon us

Kelsey Herzberger, who works for the United States Post office here in Kimball, called 911 on Saturday, May 21, to report seeing a rattlesnake in the road on Crestwood Drive.

The dispatcher on duty called an officer and the response was to advise the reporting party to handle the situation herself.

According to the Kimball Police Department, taken from the law enforcement logs, there is no city ordinance for snakes. “If you find a snake, just run it over.”

The trouble was that Herzberger was delivering mail on foot so she found a resident of the neighborhood to run the reptile over wit...