Snow causes delays, confusion and cabin fever

Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.
Rick Holtz is one of the co-owners of the Nance County Journal. Read his column each week in the newspaper and on the website.

It’s good to be out again.

In my nearly 20 years in the newspaper business, I cannot remember a snow storm that completely shut things down like the one that hit central Nebraska last week. Sure, there would be snow days here and there — but that storm knocked me off my game.

One thing that was taught to me early in my career was the need to be flexible. Last week I had made plans to cover Twin Rive…