The Cass County Communications Center reports that as of 6:40-p.m. Friday, there is a 9-1-1 outage affecting the statewide wireless system (Cellular) in Iowa. 9-1-1 calls via cellular services are not being routed to the proper local agencies, therefore emergency services could be delayed.

In Cass County, if you need Emergency Service, call 9-1-1 from a land-line or wired system, or call directly from your cell, 712-243-2204. In Montgomery County, call 712-623-5107. In Shelby County, call 712-755-2121 if you have an emergency.

Regular landline 9-1-1 service is NOT affected by this outage.