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Frustration grows as 125K remain without power in NW Indiana nearly a week after derecho

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More than 125,000 people remained without power across northwest Indiana on Sunday as outages stretched into a sixth day following Tuesday’s derecho. As the outages approach one week, residents said they’re losing patience. Leaders in Dyer, Indiana, and Munster, Indiana, said NIPSCO is not doing its part to get the lights back on. “I walk here almost every day and I’ve noticed those, I thought, ‘seems like that’s something you’d get on right away’ since the poles are down,” one resident said. Downed power lines and homes left in the dark were a sight across some communities in Dyer. “We are just over 50% of our population is still without power days in and frankly in town it’s reached a boiling point,” said Town Council President Robert Starkey. Homes aren’t the only ones running on generators, critical infrastructure is too. Police departments, fire stations, lift stations and wastewater treatment facilities were all running on backup generators. “The first to go is food in the refrig