MUCH OF THE CITY OF LE MARS WAS IN THE DARK EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER A SUBSTATION SERVING THE CITY FAILED.

MID AMERICAN ENERGY SPOKESPERSON TINA POTTHOFF SAYS AROUND 2100 CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY LOST POWER AROUND 5PM.

POTTHOFF SAYS REPAIR CREWS HAD THE LIGHTS BACK ON FOR ALL CUSTOMERS BY 6:40PM.

AS OF 7:35PM, A CAUSE FOR THE OUTAGE HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. 

Michele Bachmann has quit the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of her sixth place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

Speaking at a news conference in Des Moines, Bachmann said she had "no regrets" whatsoever and said she ran her race with integrity:

Bachmann referred repeatedly to "Obamacare" and said the Republican Party must not miss a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to repeal both the sweeping health care law under Obama's watch and the financial regulation law known as Dodd-Frank.

The Minnesota Congresswoman says she will continue to fight for the causes
she emphasized on the campaign trail.

Her campaign manager says she isn't endorsing any other caandidate for now and that there's no time frame for her to make one.
 

IOWA 4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN TOM LATHAM SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS APPROVED A STATE REQUEST FOR OVER 37-MILLION DOLLARS IN FLOOD RELIEF FUNDING.

LATHAM, WHO CHAIRS THE HOUSE D-O-T/H-U-D APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, ANNOUNCED THE GRANT WEDNESDAY.

THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO REPAIR ROADS DAMAGED BY LAST SUMMER'S MISSOURI RIVER FLOODING

THE FISHING IS ABOUT TO GET A LITTLE BETTER AT SOUTH SIOUX CITY'S CRYSTAL COVE.
PARKS DIRECTOR GENE MAFFIT SAYS THE NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION WILL STOCK 4500 TROUT IN THE LAKE WEDNESDAY.

MAFFIT SAYS ADDING THE FISH TO THE COVE DOES MORE THAN JUST BENEFIT FISHERMEN:

MAFFIT SAYS THE COVE IS NEARLY ICE FREE THIS WINTER BECAUSE OF THE WARM WEATHER, SO IT WILL BE EASIER TO RESTOCK THE LAKE COMPARED TO PAST JANUARYS.