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No reason known for Tuesday power outage

Kimball experienced a city-wide power outage with unknown cause Tuesday morning for approximately 45 minutes. The Kimball Electric Department had power back on shortly after 9 a.m.

City Administrator Daniel Ortiz said that when a city-wide outage is experienced, crews must check the entire distribution system.

Ortiz added that generally the issue is something apparent, such as a downed line or insulator. This time however they found no obvious cause in their search.

“We suspect it was a bird or a squirrel somewhere,” Ortiz said.

 
 
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