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ROCHESTER, Minn. – 9-1-1 service is now restored after and 8-county outage that lasted hours.

According to Minnesota Emergency Communication Networks, the 9-1-1 outage affected residents in Olmsted, Dodge, Freeborn, Mower, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties.

In Olmsted county, a notification of the outage went out around 4 p.m. and phones didn’t beep again to say it was restored until 8 p.m…