When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Koochiching County, MN?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Koochiching County, MN right now.
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Elsewhere in Minnesota: 250 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 2:31 AM CDT.
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Who serves Koochiching County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include ALLETE / Minnesota Power ↗ and Lake Country Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. North Star Electric Cooperative, Beltrami Electric Cooperative and North Itasca Electric Cooperative also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Koochiching County, MN
No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.
Longer-term outage history — Koochiching County, MN
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 81 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~4,815 customers out in June 2024, restored after about 1.3 hr.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Koochiching County include International Falls, Ranier, Littlefork, Big Falls, Northome, Mizpah, East Koochiching and Nett Lake. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Koochiching County, MN?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Koochiching include ALLETE / Minnesota Power, Lake Country Power, North Star Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Koochiching County, MN — live power outage tracker