Eight lineworkers from Sioux Valley Energy are heading to assist with storm repairs at a Nebraska public power district.

A total of 20 lineworkers from five South Dakota cooperatives headed south Thursday to the Omaha and Lincoln areas to assist with power restoration at Burt County Public Power District at Tekamah, Neb., and Butler Public Power District at David City, Neb. Sioux Valley Energy crews will be at Burt County PPD.

The assistance is being coordinated by the South Dakota Rural Electric Association in Pierre, S.D., and the Nebraska Rural Electric Association in Lincoln, Neb.

Sioux Valley Energy, a Touchstone Energy® Cooperative, is a member-owned electric utility, providing reliable electric service at cost-based rates to nearly 30,000 homes, farms, businesses, and industries in a seven-county area of east-central South Dakota and western Minnesota.