CLARKS GROVE — Almost 470 Xcel Energy customers were without power in Albert Lea, Clarks Grove, Ellendale and Hartland for almost six hours on Wednesday after a motor vehicle reportedly crashed into a power pole northeast of Clarks Grove.

Tom Hoen, Xcel Energy spokesman, said the outage began at about 9:30 a.m. Crews restored power at about 3 p.m.

Freeborn County Sheriff Bob Kindler said authorities received a report at 10:05 a.m. from an Xcel Energy worker that someone had knocked down a power pole and damaged a cornfield near the intersection of 750th Avenue and 300th Street.

Authorities do not know when the crash occurred or what kind of vehicle was involved.

Xcel has operations in eight Midwestern states.