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Kittitas (pronounced 'KITT-i-tass') County is located in central Washington State. It spans from the lush forested Cascade Mountains to the upper Yakima River Valley plains and the Columbia River.
Kittitas County, WA - 10/05/2014 - 16 year old Kade Nierman of Kittitas finds missing 3 year boy while hunting in the area.
At approx. 12:20pm on October 5, 2014, Deputies responded to a missing child report near the 13,000 block of the Vantage Highway. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, Kittitas County Search and Rescue, Washington State Patrol, Ellensburg Police Department and the Kittitas Police Department all participated in the search for the missing 3 year old boy. Two hours into the search, 16 year old Kade Nierman found the child located approx 1.5 miles from his residence in the sagebrush covered hills. Kade was hunting in the area and found the child. The child had walked away from his home with his dog. The child was uninjured. The Sheriff's Office would like to thank Ron Cline with Central Valley Helicopters for donating flight time to search for the child and Ken Hasbrouck with the Kittitas Reclamation District who assisted in searching the canal near the house.
Kittitas County, from the Cascades to the Columbia, and online at http://www.co.kittitas.wa.us
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Contact: Commander Darren Higashiyama, Kittitas County Sheriff's Office (509) 933-8206.