MN Power Working to Restore Outages in Lakeside, Congdon Areas

UPDATE: Minnesota Power says crews have restored power to the majority of customers in the Lakeside, Congdon areas but about 330 customers still remain without power.

The estimated restoration time for the remaining 330 customers is around 5:00 p.m. Friday.

DULUTH, Minn. – Minnesota Power says crews are working to restore power to about 1,800 customers in the Lakeside, Congdon, and Hidden Valley areas.

The outages were reported around 9:38 a.m. Friday.

Crews are working to restore power to about 1800 customers in the Lakeside area of Duluth.

— Minnesota Power (@mnpower) May 29, 2020

Minnesota Power says the cause of the outages is due to a broken power pole.

Crews are working to quickly and safely restore power to these customers which also includes Congdon and Hidden Valley areas of Duluth (cause is a broken power pole). NOTE: our outage map is currently unavailable.

— Minnesota Power (@mnpower) May 29, 2020

In a Friday morning tweet, Minnesota Power also said that the outage map is currently unavailable to customers.