Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has ordered flags across the state lowered to half-staff in honor of Adams County Deputy Heath Gumm, who died Wednesday night after being shot by while responding to a disturbance call.

Portions of southeast and south central Colorado will be at an elevated risk for rapidly spreading wildfires Thursday.
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning, set to start at 9:00 a.m., for Prowers, Baca, Las Animas, Huerfano, Custer and Fremont counties. Portions of Costilla, Alamosa, Saguache, and El Paso counties are also impacted. The warning is expected to continue until 5:00 p.m.

“12 Strong” is one of those January movies that wants people to think that it’s in awards contention even though it isn’t. We’re at the point in the year when movies that opened in limited release in December are starting to go wide because of awards season. “The Post” from last week followed that template; it’s technically a 2017 movie and it wants recognition as one of the best films of 2017, but it’s content to do most of its business in 2018.

The suspect in the murder of a Bent County woman has been captured in Peoria, Illinois, after a nationwide bulletin was issued for his arrest.

KIOWA COUNTY

COMMISSIONER MEETING

JANUARY 25, 2018 MEETING DATE

APPOINTMENTS:

Trim fat off beef before cooking.

Ingredients

1 ½ lb sirloin steak

2 tsp vegetable oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tsp vinegar

1/8 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

2 large onions, sliced

1 large tomato, sliced

3 cups boiled potatoes, diced

Directions

1. Trim fat from steak and cut into small, thin pieces.

2. In a large skillet, heat oil and sauté garlic until garlic is golden. Add steak, vinegar, salt, and pepper.

3. Cook for 6 minutes, stirring beef until brown.

I guess what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger, and after the week that the County Line Rivals went through I am sure this statement is true.  With a tri-meet in Limon on Thursday night and then following it up on Saturday for the Miner’s Wrestling Tournament in Trinidad.  This time of the year not only the weight factor comes in to play, but let’s throw in flu season.  The Tri-Meet was a kickoff to the weekend with Kiowa and Limon and although not many matches were wrestled it was good to see some of the Rivals get in a win.  Saturday was an early 3:45 a.m.