(5:30 PM SUNDAY UPDATE) Arthur Area Minnkota crews are currently working on the Gardner-to-Grandin transmission line and expect it to be energized later today. This work required a temporary outage at the Gardner Substation, so members who briefly had power earlier may have experienced a second outage. Power should return once this work is complete. The Grandin Substation will also…
AYR, N.D., (KVRR)- A storm hit the region over Christmas, causing up to an inch of ice to accumulate in some areas. The ice downed miles of power lines and snapped countless utility poles. Power Crews have been working around the clock since Christmas to help bring back power back to the citizens impacted by the ice storm. Around 480…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – Cass County Electric Cooperative says customers could wait until the weekend or later for the full power system to be restored. CCEC estimates between 250 and 300 power poles broke during the Christmas Day ice storm. Repair efforts will depend on weather, road conditions and how much more damage crews find. Crews from Roughrider Electric, Mckenzie…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR:5PM Update) — It’s a Christmas Day ice storm. That has the National Weather Service upgrading it’s winter weather watch to an Ice Storm Warning for Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Sargent, Richland Counties. Significant icing expected. Total ice accumulations up to one half of an inch, with some areas receiving up to three quarters of an inch. Winds gusting…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce moves from Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead for more room in south Fargo. The chamber invited business leaders, ambassadors, community builders, board directors and staff for a ribbon cutting ceremony. They also got a quick tour to celebrate the new office. Officials say with south and West Fargo expanding, members…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — UPDATE: as of 9:45 p.m., power has been restored to all customers. **Original Story Below** Around 350 customers of Cass County Electric north of I-94 in West Fargo remain without power as of 8:30 p.m. after an equipment failure at the substation. It started around 6 p.m. Wednesday with around 1,000 members impacted. Crews are working…
FARGO, N.D.–Cass County Electric Cooperative has awarded Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch a $2,500 grant. The grant will help with remodeling the Dakota Memorial School by adding classrooms and other learning spaces. The Dakota Memorial School provides in-class trauma-sensitive education for at-risk kids. Children in the psychiatric residential treatment facilities as well as students from local public schools attend the…
CASS COUNTY – Company leaders say they wanted to do their part to support healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. They looked through their inventory and saw they had extra masks they could give away. The company found they had 54 hundred masks on hand and decided to donate just more than one thousand of them. “You know whilst it’s…
FARGO, ND — Cass County Electric Cooperative reports at least 168 customers are without power right now. The area of the outage is the Maple Ridge area near 63rd Street South and 32nd Avenue South. CCEC says the equipment was struck by a snow removal company. Crews are working to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. We’ll have…
COLFAX, N.D. — Cass County Electric Cooperative is on the lookout for some stolen tools. A bucket truck was left near Colfax, North Dakota during the blizzard while crews worked to restore power. When they went back to get the truck after the storm had cleared, a number of items were missing including an Anderson crimping tool. It is a…
