911 outage affecting 157 New Richland customers home phones

(ABC 6 News) – A 9-1-1 outage in New Richland is affecting approximately 157 customers by home phone, according to Freeborn County Emergency Management.

Those customers will not be able to call 9-1-1 by home phone. Cell phone coverage is not affected. Customers can also dial the non-emergency number at 507-377-5205 ext. 5.

Freeborn County EM said the phone company has a technician working on the problem and will notify the public when fixed.