The Rancher Who Went Out in the Storm

In February 2019, a polar vortex drove temperatures across the Midwest to forty below zero. Most ranchers in western Nebraska hunkered down and waited it out. But Keith Jarvis, a cattle rancher outside Ogallala, noticed three heifers missing from the herd — including one pregnant cow he'd raised from a calf. Keith drove his truck through whiteout conditions for two hours, searching fence lines and creek beds.…