Originally published May 6th, 2022 4:32 a.m.
Updated 9:29 a.m. May 6th, 2022
(KNSI) — The lights – and everything else – are back on after about a thousand homes and businesses went dark Friday morning.
According to Xcel Energy, the outage affected extreme south/southeast St. Cloud, Clearwater, Clear Lake, and St. Augusta. The power went out sometime before 4:00 a.m.
It wasn’t just homes and businesses. Stoplights in the area were also not working. No crashes were reported.
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