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ANOTHER BIG POWER OUTAGE IN
SOUTH FARGO INVOLVING XCEL
ENERGY, HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
FRUSTRATED -- AND FOR SOME, IT
WAS THE SECOND ONE IN TWO DAYS.
THIS LATEST OUTAGE WAS
REPORTED JUST BEFORE EIGHT LAST
NIGHT ... IT TOOK ABOUT 40
MINUTES TO GET POWER BACK ON.
THERE'S NO WORD YET ON
WHAT CAUSED LAST NIGHT'S OUTAGE.
WE SPOKE WITH XCEL ENERGY LAST
WEEK, AND OFFICIALS TOLD US IT'S
UNUSUAL THAT WE'VE SEEN
SO MANY SIZABLE OUTAGES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON
UPGRADES TO TRY AND FIX
RELIABILITY ISSUES.
BE WATCHING FOR SOME NEW
ROAD WORK ON I- 94 NEAR FERGUS
FALLS.
THERE ARE NEW TRAFFIC SHIFTS AND
LANE CLOSURES THIS
WEEK NORTHWEST OF TOWN.
CREWS ARE WORKING TO
RECONSTRUCT BRIDGE DECKS ON I-94
OVER OTTER TAIL COUNTY
ROAD-88.
FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
PROJECT, ALL TRAFFIC ON I-94
WILL SHIFT TO THE WESTBOUND
LANES, WHILE CREWS RECONSTRUCT
THE EASTBOUND
BRIDGE.
TRAFFIC WILL BE RESTRICTED TO A
SINGLE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.
CREWS WILL RECONSTRUCT THE
WESTBOUND BRIDGE DECK
LATER IN THE SUMMER.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IS HOLDING AN
OPEN HOUSE IN DETROIT LAKES
TONIGHT, TO TALK ABOUT A
PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT AT
HIGHWAY-59 AND BECKER COUNTY
ROAD-22.
OFFICIALS WILL GO OVER THE
PROJECT AND TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK
AND QUESTIONS.
THE MEETING GOES FROM 4:30 TO 7
PM AT THE DETROIT COUNTRY
CLUB.