Posts under ‘power outages’

Report of railroad crossing gates malfunction

At 9:46 a.m., a sheriff’s deputy is responding to a report of the railroad crossing gate at Highway C and 258th Court, Trevor, being down without a train present. UPDATE 9:59 a.m. — Deputy confirms report. Railroad being called. UPDATE 10:03 a.m. — Gates at 256th Avenue also down with no train visible, deputy reports. UPDATE 11:01 [...]

Power outage in Twin Lakes area

A power outage effecting in the Twin Lakes area is effecting some 792 Kenosha County residents, according to Alliant Energy. No cause listed on the Alliant website, but we will ask. Anyone have an idea? At about 6 p.m., a couple of tipsters have told us that the outage has been for about an hour [...]

Power out in Paddock Lake

At 11:04 p.m., power at westofthei.com headquarters is out. How about you? A quick look around shows no sign of anyone with power in neighborhood. UPDATE 11:17 p.m. — Reader via Twitter reports power still on in south Paddock Lake. UPDATE about 12:20 a.m. — Power comes back on at westofthei.com HQ in Paddock Lake.

Widespread power outage reported

At 7:20 a.m., a power outage has darkened traffic signals at Highway 50 intersections with Highway 45, Highway 83 (south) and Highway B as well as Central High School. Deputies are heading to the intersections to put out stop signs. Dispatch reports that We Energies does not know the cause of the outage yet, but that it [...]

Power out in Bristol

Bristol resident Chad is reporting that there is a power outage right now in Bristol. Deputies also have been responding to reports of traffic signals without power. Chad said the outage started around 10 p.m. UPDATE 3:17 a.m. — Power was restored about midnight, a We Energies spokesman said. About 2,700 customers were effected. Source was a faulty cable.

Power outages in Bristol?

The Bristol School Board meeting tonight was interrupted three times by the power flicking off and then on again. Don’t know if that was just at the school or elsewhere as well. UPDATE 10:15 p.m. — Salem Fire/Rescue was dispatched to a down line.

Power outage this morning

Some Western Kenosha County residents had a power outage over night. A recorded phone call from We Energies said over 1,000 customers were effected. We have a request in for more information. We’ll share what we find out. UPDATE 10:27 a.m.: The outage affected about 1,200 customers and stemmed from a problem in Burlington, said [...]

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