Xcel: Power Restored After Thousands Affected In Wright Co.
Xcel Energy has restored power to its customers in Wright County after thousands lost power for about fifteen minutes Wednesday morning.
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Xcel Energy has restored power to its customers in Wright County after thousands lost power for about fifteen minutes Wednesday morning.
Edina police say a power outage is affecting the Southdale area of the city Wednesday morning.
A pesky rodent is being blamed for a power outage Tuesday afternoon that impacted many Benton County residents.
Xcel Energy has restored power to its customers in Edina, after thousands lost power for about an hour Sunday afternoon.
As of 6:30 p.m. Monday, there were 354 power outages in the Twin Cities affecting over 32 thousand customers, according to the Xcel Electric Outage Map.
Xcel Energy's outage map shows that a number of customers south of Interstate 94 along the Snelling Avenue corridor do not have power.
Power has been restored in Itasca County, the county's sheriff's office said. The public reported power outages to the Itasca County Sheriff's Office, the office said in a Facebook post Sunday morning.
Hundreds of families in Winona are heading into Thursday night without power because of another Xcel Energy outage.
Xcel Energy says residents' cooperation is critical to prevent widespread natural gas outages. The company also suggests using electric space heaters.
Xcel Energy is advising residents in parts of central Minnesota north of the metro to turn down their thermostats and reduce their natural gas use.
State officials say human error was responsible for the statewide 911 outage earlier this month.
Authorities have identified the man who died after reportedly being electrocuted while trying to fix a power outage in northern Minnesota.
As President Donald Trump is prepared to visit Duluth Wednesday, the city is dealing with a power outage that's affecting thousands of residents.
At the peak of the outage, more than 5,600 customers were impacted, according to Xcel Energy.
Lake County Power said more than 6,000 homes and businesses lost power after the storms Tuesday night.
While power has been restored to the world's busiest airport, the travel woes will linger for days.
More than 6,000 people in the Twin Cities are without power Monday morning. Xcel Energy says high winds have knocked out power to areas in western Hennepin County and eastern Wright County.
A power outage has caused classes to be canceled at Mahtomedi Middle School and High School Wednesday, according to the school district.
Classes are canceled at Hill-Murray School Monday because of a power outage in the area. According to the school's website, emails and phones are currently down but they will be tweeting out information as it becomes available.
An overnight power outage in downtown St. Paul created a challenge for the maintenance crew at Xcel Energy Center before Game 3 between the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild.
Almost 4,000 people in the Twin Cities are without power Wednesday morning. According to Xcel Energy center roughly 1,924 people in the Rogers area are without power and another 1,948 people are without power near Woodbury.
Over 4,300 customers lost power in the areas of Oakdale, Maplewood and Lake Elmo Tuesday morning. According to a spokesperson with Xcel Energy, 4,376 customers were without power for three hours, beginning at 5:47 a.m.
Tim Murphy has seen his share of Minnesota spring storms over the years. But he says the one that rolled through this uppertown St. Paul neighborhood Saturday afternoon was a little different. "This was a shorter storm and it was more violent in a chunkated amount of time," Murphy said.
School officials said classes at St. Paul Central High School have been canceled for Wednesday due to a power outage at the school.
Thousands of residents in the northwest Twin Cities metro are starting their Friday without power. Officials with Xcel Energy said more than 9,000 people are affected by a large outage that was reported just after 5 a.m.
