Major incident

IT: Valley County Extension down

Affected: Research Center & Extension Connections

Current status of IT: Minor issues — live IT status

Timeline

1. Mar 23, 2026, 19:45 UTC
   investigating
   Valley County Extension went down at 1:45pm CT. Other monitored sites in the area went down at the same time. The carrier is investigating, no time of restoral is available. Questions 402-472-3970 or [email protected]
2. Mar 23, 2026, 20:27 UTC
   identified
   The carrier has confirmed that this is down due to a fiber cut, they anticipate that service will be restored by 8pm CT.
3. Mar 23, 2026, 22:16 UTC
   identified
   Construction teams are on site and repair work is on-going.
4. Mar 24, 2026, 13:36 UTC
   resolved
   The circuit was back up by 9:20pm CT last night, the carrier was hands off by 2:45am CT this morning.

Updates as published by IT (original).