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Looks Like Dispatch Staying In Kimball

Report: Police Chief, Sheriff Have Talk That Kept Dispatch From Moving To Sidney

After a tension filled, heated discussion and debate at the Kimball City Council meeting on Thursday, Kimball Police Chief Jose Ruiz and Kimball County Sheriff Dave Hottell have met – and according to the sheriff all dispatching will remain in Kimball County.

This is the most recent information obtained by the Observer on Tuesday afternoon and confirmed by the sheriff in relation to the retention of the city's dispatch in this county and not Cheyenne County. Mayor John Morrison also confirmed that a meeting took place and dispatch will stay in Kimball.

"Communication was the key," Morrison sai...