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Nobles Co-op Electric: 100% power by Friday?
Electricity returns for many in southwest Minnesota
WORTHINGTON — Nobles Cooperative Electric linemen continued to work through the weekend to rebuild power lines across Nobles and Murray counties, with the hope that many or all who lost electricity would get it back by the end of this week.
Monday, April, 15, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Governor tours storm damage
Sens. Klobuchar and Franken, Rep. Walz pledge support for cities, counties, businesses
WORTHINGTON — More than 50 citizens and local government officials met Saturday morning at the Worthington Fire Hall to share stories of their struggles and strides in dealing with the aftermath of last week’s devastating ice storm and snowstorm.
Monday, April, 15, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Nobles Co-op Electric gets 500 households powered Saturday; 97 crews working today
9:45 a.m. Sunday press release: WORTHINGTON -– We are making progress! Yesterday, Nobles Cooperative Electric estimated that 2,500 members were without power, today those numbers show dramatic improvement with 2,000 members out of power. The cooperative can now report that 95 percent of our three-phase (main) line is restored.
Sunday, April, 14, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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U.S., state politicians visit SW Minnesota (with video)
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, Minnesota Reps. Joe Schomacker and Rod Hamilton and Minnesota Sen. Bill Weber meet with officials in southwest Minnesota.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Sioux Valley Energy plans to have all power restored by tonight
Sioux Valley Energy is planning to have power restored to all its electric cooperative members by the end of today provided there are no unforeseen setbacks.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Nobles Cooperative Electric sets goal to have power restored to all Nobles County residents by next Friday
WORTHINGTON -- It’s still slow-going for Nobles Cooperative Electric linemen as they work through their fifth straight day to rebuild power lines across Nobles and Murray counties.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Federated outages down to 270 as of Sunday morning
8 a.m. Sunday update
JACKSON -- 530 Federated members had power restored Saturday. “We are down from 800 co-op members without power yesterday to 270 as of 7 a.m. Sunday,” said Joe Marthaler, Federated’s operations manager. “Today’s focus involves crews rebuilding 21 miles of power lines due to downed poles. To give you an idea of how many poles that is, some stretches have 16 out of 20 poles downed per mile of line.”
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Demand for generators, more soars after storm
WORTHINGTON — Power may be back on in most area communities, but many rural residents are struggling to heat homes and care for livestock as generators become a rare commodity in Worthington.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Political leaders arrive today to see damage
Power back in Magnolia; focus now on additional communities
LUVERNE — Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and U.S. Rep. Tim Walz will visit Rock and Nobles counties today to assess the damages from this week’s ice storm.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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It's cleanup time for Worthington
Local companies aid in efforts
WORTHINGTON — Worthington Excavating owner Susanne Murphy believes in lending a hand. And with the cleanup work under way, the city of Worthington took her up on the offer.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Region works to recover
Ellsworth battling water woes; other communities strive to return to normalcy
WORTHINGTON — Area counties are hard at work cleaning up fallen limbs and trees following this week’s ice storm and snowstorm, and power companies continue reducing the number of residents without electricity.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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VIDEO: Trees are beginning to be cleared
Watch a video of crews working to clear the trees from along the roads.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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View photos from around the region
View photos from around the region by photographer Brian Korthals.
Saturday, April, 13, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Disaster fund created
The Southwest Initiative Foundation has established the Nobles County Area Disaster Relief Fund as a non- endowed fund to receive tax deductible contributions that will support grants to individuals and businesses in need, fund clean-up and recovery efforts, and fund organizations critical to the community in times of crisis such as the Worthington area today. You can go directly to the fund at: http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Nobles-County-Ice- Storm-Disaster-Relief-Fund There is also a link on the homepage of our SWIF website – link is top right corner www.swifoundation.org
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Dayton, Klobuchar, Franken and Walz coming Saturday
LUVERNE — Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and U.S. Rep. Tim Walz will visit Rock and Nobles counties today to assess the damages from this week’s ice storm.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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YMCA offers shower facility for those without power
WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Area YMCA is offering its shower facilities free of charge this weekend to people of Nobles County, particularly rural residents, who remain without power.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Update: All substations have power except Bloom
2:30 p.m. updated press release from Nobles Cooperative Electric: WORTHINGTON – Nobles Cooperative Electric is happy to report that all substations have power with the exception of Bloom Substation. Bloom is anticipated to be up and functioning by this evening.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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GALLERY: UPDATED FRIDAY NIGHT: View reader submitted photos from Day 3 of April storm
View more reader submitted photos from the third day of the April storm.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Power back on in city of Worthington, rolling blackouts finished
WORTHINGTON — Residents in the city of Worthington made it through their first day without rolling blackouts on Friday, as an outside source of electrical power was secured and delivering a new origin of power to the community.
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - News

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Column: Helping hands a reason for pride
When leaving for work Wednesday morning, it was impossible not to notice the devastation surrounding my home. Several thoughts came to mind:
Friday, April, 12, 2013 - Worthington Daily Globe - Opinion

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