It didn’t happen yesterday (Tuesday), as originally planned, but it will happen today (Wednesday). The City of Audubon has approved the cutting of the T1 copper line that services the Audubon County Hospital at 3:00 PM today to complete a portion of the water and sewer project.

The copper line serves as the only phone line to the hospital, and the hospital will be operating under their “disaster protocol” while the phone line is disconnected, until splicing of the copper line has been completed. This time was chosen to limit the disruption to the critical functions of the hospital.

If you have an urgent need to contact the hospital during this time, please call the Audubon County Sheriff’s Dispatch at 712-563-2631 and they will relay the message to the hospital.  The Hospital will send out notification when the telephone service is operational again.