When will the power be back in Willmar, MN?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

No significant county-wide outage reported in Kandiyohi, MN right now.

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Elsewhere in Minnesota: 250 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM CDT.

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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

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What we track for Willmar

Willmar is a city of about 21,892 residents in Kandiyohi County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Willmar by name, so this page reports the Kandiyohi County county-wide view, which covers Willmar. If a serving utility does name Willmar during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Willmar:

56201

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Willmar: the closest other places we track are St. Cloud, about 52 miles to the northeast; Sartell, about 53 miles to the northeast; Alexandria, about 54 miles to the north; and Sauk Rapids, about 55 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Buffalo (58 mi E), Marshall (59 mi SW), Monticello (62 mi E), Waconia (65 mi E), Big Lake (66 mi E), St. Michael (67 mi E), Victoria (70 mi E) and Otsego (71 mi E).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Brainerd (95 mi); east toward Rogers (72 mi); southeast toward Mankato (84 mi); and northwest toward Fergus Falls (94 mi).

Who serves Willmar?

We track live outage data from Otter Tail Power ↗, Xcel Energy and Stearns Cooperative Electric Association in Kandiyohi County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Willmar Municipal Utilities, Kandiyohi Power Cooperative, Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association and 2 others also serve parts of Kandiyohi County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Kandiyohi County, MN (covers Willmar)

Last significant outage: Aug 7, 2026 — peaked at 259 customers, restored in ~3.7 hr (weather alert).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.6 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 5, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Kandiyohi County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Kandiyohi County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Willmar, MN?

To check your own street, search a Willmar ZIP code — 56201 — and the map opens on that area.

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