UNDATED -- Over 4,900 people in central Minnesota were without power for about an hour on Saturday morning.

East Central Energy reported an outage around 11:00 a.m. affecting customers in the  Milaca, Bock, Foreston, and Pease areas. The outage was believed to have been caused by a small animal.

East Central Energy says repair crews had the power back on right around noon.

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