The emergency phone lines in eight southeastern Minnesota counties have been restored after residents were reporting issues when calling 911.
According to a post on the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Emergency Community Network's (DPS-ECN) Facebook page, its Public Safety Division was unable to hear anyone on during phone calls. The lines were down for about five hours.
The counties that were experiencing issues were: Dodge County, Freeborn County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Rice County, Steele County, Wabasha County and Winona County.
According to the DPS-ECN, the issue resulted from a bad card that supports a large national fiber in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
