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Outages in Onalaska shut down businesses, traffic lights at rush hour
Multiple power outages in Onalaska shut down some businesses and traffic lights for more than an hour on Wednesday, during the morning rush.
Electricity was out in a large area near Valley View Mall, along Highway 16 and going west to Theater Road. Mayo’s Onalaska clinic, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart were among the business buildings affected.
The outages were reported around 7:30 a.m., but power was back on in some areas by 8:30.
The state patrol responded to at least one accident on 16, near the landfill entrance. At the peak of the outage, around 13-hundred customers were without electricity. That number was down to 300 by 10 a.m.
The cause of the outage is still being investigated.