Early COVID-19 Cases Begin to Increase
New Positive Cases of COVID-19 have been identified in a Health Care Worker and an area youth in Prowers County as of May 12, 2020.
This brings the total of cases in the county to nine. None have required hospitalization and prior cases have either been listed as isolated or quarantined until their cases have been updated.
The CDPHE website provides a daily summation of cases in the state with only four counties not listing any contagion as of May 12th. The website is updated daily at 4pm.
These are the current regional cases that have been noted for the southeast Colorado region: Baca-12, Bent-1, Cheyenne-5, Crowley-39, Kiowa-0, Kit Carson-25, Las Animas-4 and Otero-10.
Syracuse Dairy Adding Beef Cattle to Holly Operation
The Prowers County Planning Commission, following a public hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, approved the request from Syracuse Dairy in Holly for an amendment to their Special Use Permit. The dairy intends to add about 20,000 head of beef cattle on their 610 acre operation south of Holly. The dairy consists of 8,000 head of dairy cows and the heifer operation has 14,500 head.
After additional discussion and a reading of the recommendation from the Land Use Office by Michelle Heigel, the commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the amendment. Some areas addressed in the recommendations determined the special use will not adversely affect public health, safety or welfare.