By Don Haney

EDGELEY, N.D. (KFGO) – Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative General Manager Mark Kinzler says the cooperative has made good progress restoring power after widespread outages in the western part of its service area in south-central North Dakota.

A combination of iced up lines caused by days of dense fog and some drizzle snapped some power lines and heavily ice-laden wires that started “dancing” caused problems with substations and knocked out power to about 2,000 customers.

Kinzler estimated a thousand customers were still without power Thursday morning. At mid-afternoon, he reported that with improved weather conditions, damage was not as extensive as earlier feared.