UPDATE: 911 Network Service Restored in Mid-Michigan

Service has been restored to the 911 network in Saginaw, Bay and Midland Counties after an outage that lasted nearly an hour and a half.

Shortly after 3:30 on the afternoon on Tuesday, January 10th, alerts began to be sent out by various central dispatch agencies about a 911 Network outage. Callers with emergencies were asked to call secondary central dispatch numbers.

Around 5:00 p.m., it was announced that service was restored. Emergency calls should once again dial 911.

The cause of the outage has not been announced.