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Power restored to thousands after widespread outage in St. Joseph County

WNDU · last updated

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) — Thousands of people who live in northeastern St. Joseph County have power again after a widespread outage on Wednesday afternoon.

According to officials, a tree was knocked onto an AEP power line during construction, resulting in entangled lines and a significant service disruption.

At its peak, Indiana Michigan Power says 9,000 customers were without power in St. Joseph County, with the vast majority of them being concentrated in areas north of South Bend and Mishawaka and in the Granger area.

Meanwhile, Mishawaka Utilities said power was fully restored to 3,800 customers in the University Park area just after 5:30 p.m.

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