Tag: Platteville
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3 killed in fiery Weld County crash
Police were chasing a suspected stolen vehicle about 3 p.m. Wednesday along Highway 85 near Highway 60 north of Platteville.
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Xcel Energy moves dirt on phase 2 of Power Pathway Project
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy officials gathered recently at the company’s Fort Saint Vrain power plant near Platteville for a symbolic groundbreaking of its first75-mile segment of the company’s $1.7 billion Power Pathway project. Eventually, the project comprised of 550-miles of high-voltage electric transmission lines in eastern Colorado…
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Weld County oil drilling wastewater company agrees to clean up air pollution problems
State air pollution authorities forged an agreement to reduce ozone-causing emissions from two oil-and-gas wastewater disposal sites. The settlement with Expedition Water Solutions includes more than $500,000 in penalties and requirements to install new pollution control and monitoring equipment at its Kersey and Platteville well sites in Weld County, according to a news release. The…
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Former Fort Lupton officer involved in train incident receives 30 month probation
The former Fort Lupton officer who handcuffed a woman in an alleged road rage incident and placed her in a parked police car in the way of an oncoming train was sentenced to 30 months supervised probation Friday. Jordan Steinke was also ordered to perform 100 hours of community service, to be decided by her…
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Platteville crash results in multiple injuries, one child dead
An SUV and semi-truck collided on Sunday
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Weld County DA dismisses serious charge against officer in Platteville train crash
Prosecutors in Weld County dropped one of the most serious charges against a Ft. Lupton police officer who was involved in a train crash incident where a woman was hit while she was detained in a patrol car. Yareni Rios was first stopped by former Platteville police officer Pablo Vazquez for a reported road rage…
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Man, car found floating in Platteville pond
Platteville Police found a vehicle and person floating in a pond Tuesday morning, officials said. Platteville Gilcrest Fire Protection District responded to a call at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday about a single vehicle found floating in a retention pond on Highway 66 just east of County Road 19. Platteville Police Chief Carl Dwyer spotted the vehicle…
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Newly-released body cam footage shedding light on train crash with suspect detained in police vehicle
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The Platteville Police Department released new body cam footage of the train crash which struck a suspect-occupied police cruiser in Weld County on Sept. 16th.
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Rail safety expert “dumbfounded” by police negligence in Weld County train collision
Two minutes of mindful reaction could have stopped the horrifying train collision which happened just north of Platteville nearly two weeks ago, according to a rail safety expert who watched the video and was interviewed about it by The Gazette. That’s the time it took from the moment police opened a police cruiser door and…
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WATCH: Train crashes into Platteville police vehicle with suspect inside
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A suspect detained in the back of a Platteville police vehicle was struck by a train the evening of Sept. 16 in Weld County