When will the power be back in Grand Rapids, MN?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 22, 8,694 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.2 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Grand Rapids, Minnesota — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Grand Rapids directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Grand Rapids is a city of about 11,244 residents in Itasca County.
ALLETE / Minnesota Power has reported outages for Grand Rapids by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Grand Rapids is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Grand Rapids: 55730 · 55744 · 55745 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Grand Rapids: the closest other places we track are Hibbing, about 29 miles to the east; Cloquet, about 61 miles to the southeast; Bemidji, about 65 miles to the west; Hermantown, about 68 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Brainerd (69 mi SW), Duluth (73 mi SE), Superior, WI (78 mi SE), Detroit Lakes (113 mi W), Sartell (117 mi S), Cambridge (117 mi S), Sauk Rapids (117 mi S), St. Cloud (122 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: south toward North Branch (122 mi); southwest toward Alexandria (129 mi); west toward Moorhead (153 mi).
Who serves Grand Rapids?
We track live outage data from ALLETE / Minnesota Power ↗, Lake Country Power in Itasca County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Grand Rapids's last tracked outage began Aug 18, peaked at 55 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Aug 18 — 55 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 17 — 54 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 17 — 54 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 17 — 54 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Grand Rapids, MN?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Grand Rapids area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Grand Rapids's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Grand Rapids, MN?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Grand Rapids area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Grand Rapids ZIP code — 55730, 55744, 55745 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Grand Rapids, MN?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Itasca County include ALLETE / Minnesota Power, Lake Country Power; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Grand Rapids specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Grand Rapids we have the city-level view: ALLETE / Minnesota Power has published outages for Grand Rapids under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Grand Rapids is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Itasca County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Grand Rapids.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
