UNDATED (WSAU) – Wisconsin Public Service says some 17-thousand customers around the area are without power this afternoon.
Wind gusts of up to 35 miles per hour in places have knocked over trees and caused wind damage to lines. 5000 people in Weston and another 4000 people around the Wausau area are without power right now. The rest of the outages are scattered around the Antigo and Minocqua areas.
No word yet from Wisconsin Public Service on when power might be restored. You can track the outages online from http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/outagesummary/view/outagegrid.aspx