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Equipment malfunction to blame for weekend power outages

Published June 18, 2018 4:44 PM

An equipment malfunction is to blame for power outages in Cooper and Howard counties over the weekend.

According to Ameren, there was an equipment malfunction for an overhead sub-transmission line feeding a substation near Boonville.

The Cooper County Memorial Hospital and more than 1,800 people lost power Saturday.

Ameren said the outages started between 5 and 7 p.m.

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