Water restored to half of village of Roberts

ROBERTS – About half of the residents of Roberts have water again after having been without for about two days.

Roberts Mayor Rick Flessner said Saturday that workers found one leak in the water system, but he thinks there may be more. A leak-detection service from St. Louis was expected this morning. He hopes water to the entire town of 400 in northern Ford County would be back on by this evening.

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