Flood Situation, Fatal Wreck & Stabbing in Norfolk

Posted: 11 March, 2010

The flooding situation along the Elkhorn River near West Point is worsening. According to the National Weather Service, flooding has become moderate in severity as of about 2:30am today. Highway 32 west of West Point is closed due to the flooding, and water is over one lane of US 275 near Wisner. Since the latest advisory was issued at 2:30am, the river stage has remained about the same, between 17.3 feet and 17.4 feet. The latest reading has showed a small decline of less than an inch. A flood warning continues for the area and downstream areas of Dodge and Washington counties.
 
 
Fatal Wreck
 
Investigators are trying to determine whether foggy conditions caused a crash that killed a woman. The crash occurred Tuesday morning on U.S. Highway 77 a few miles south of Fremont around 8 a.m. when the fog was heavy. Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stuckenholz says the car the woman was driving was southbound when it collided with a semi trailer truck. The car was crushed. Traffic had to be diverted around the crash, and Highway 77 was closed for several hours during the investigation.
 
 
Stabbing in Norfolk
 
After stabbing a Norfolk woman this morning, a knife-wielding suspect confronted Norfolk Police officers who ended up tasing the man. Captain Steve Hecker says officers used a taser on 31-year-old Leodan Alarcon Chavez, after he lunged at them with the knives. He was taken into immediate custody following the 5:50 a-m assault in an apartment at 1406 Country Club Road. Hecker says a 30-year-old woman was transported to Faith Regional Health Services with numerous stab wounds. Her name and condition are not being released at this time. Alarcon Chavez is being held on charges of first degree assault, use of a weapon to commit a felony and false imprisonment.