Rainstorm hits hard, floods park

Torrential rains swept through Whitman County early this week. With most of the area’s subsoil frozen by prior low temperatures, the water had no where to go, but to flood roadways and yards.

A half acre of Schmuck park went underwater Jan. 5, during the rainstorm.

A massive puddle stretched across a lane of Hume Road during the rainstorm Jan. 5, slowing traffic....