Sunday evening May 17 at 7:55 p.m. the Petersburg fire department was alerted by a passerby to fire on an electric pole which had been struck by lightning located on Beaver RD and 170 Street west of town. Fire chief Baumgartner and fireman John Wagner responded and the sheriff’s Department notified Cornhusker Power. Flames were periodically shooting from the affected area and the firemen were...