Power restored for communities throughout Northwest Iowa
IOWA (KTIV) — MidAmerican Energy is reporting power has been restored to a majority of Northwest Iowa.
Power outages were reported Wednesday morning in Sioux City, Storm Lake, Sac City and several other communities. As of 7:15 a.m., MidAmerican Energy’s Outage Map shows the only major power outage in Northwest Iowa is located in Dunlap with an estimated 49 customers without power.
There are still a few outages in Buena Vista County and Sac City but power is expected to be restored in those areas by later this morning.
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IOWA (KTIV) — Hundreds are without power Wednesday morning in Northwest Iowa and winter weather continues across the area.
MidAmerican Energy’s Outage Map shows that as of 5:30 a.m. over 700 customers are without power in Buena Vista County, with an estimated 469 of those outages in Storm Lake.
The map also shows an estimated 500 power outages in Sac County, with 227 of them in the Sac City area and 167 in Lytton.
Calhoun County is also reporting 154 power outages Wednesday morning.
Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, MidAmerican Energy was reporting power outages in Kingsley and Sioux City but as of 5:30 a.m. power has been restored to those customers.
PREVIOUS (10 p.m. Tuesday)
CHEROKEE, Iowa (KTIV) — Hundreds of people in Northwest Iowa are without power Tuesday night in the midst of winter weather.
MidAmerican Energy’s Outage Map shows an estimated 568 customers are without power in the area of Cherokee. The outage was reported around 7:20 p.m. and an official cause has not been released.
Cherokee County Emergency Management says a MidAmerican Energy crew is en route to address the power outage. They advise residents without power to keep their doors and blinds closed to conserve heat.
Also without power is the town of Kingsley, Iowa. The outage map shows an estimated 446 customers are without power in that community.
The cause of the outage has not been released, and power is expected to return around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday.
There are also hundreds of customers without power in Sac County with the outages being reported in Lytton, Sac City and throughout the rural areas.
Other power outages are reported in Calhoun, Carroll and Palo Alto Counties, but none of those counties have more than 100 customers without power.
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