Ice in northeast South Dakota creates power outages - KELOLAND.com
Ice in northeast South Dakota creates power outages
NORTHEAST S.D. (KELO) –The weather has calmed down significantly from earlier this week… but people are still dealing with the results of the winter storm.
Take a look at this photo from northeast KELOLAND.
Lake Region Electric Association crews have been out working to restore power knocked out by ice.
According to the Coop’s website, outages have gone from 45 this morning to just a handful right now.
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