Water main break in Rudyard leaves town dry, closes school

Everyone in the town of Rudyard remains without water today and likely into Thursday after a water main break Monday cut off the area’s water source.

The break has left the town’s approximate 200 residents without water. Reason for the break is undetermined, Hill County Commissioner and Rudyard resident Mike Wendland said this morning.

The ground is so frozen it took C & C Excavation Inc. hours Monday to get a foot into the ground, Wendland said. The digging will likely continue into tomorrow as the crew tries to find and repair the break, which is being worked near the railroad trac...