GOTHNER, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. STEVE: TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IOWANS HAVE GONE ONE FULL WEEK WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. BUT HERE IN THE METRO THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON FOR NEARLY ALL MIDAMERICAN CUSTOMERS. FEWER THAN 100 CUSTOMERS ARE STILL WAITING FOR ELECTRICIT ALLIANT ENERGY SAYS IT HAS 65,000 CUSTOMERS IN IOWA W DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY YET. 44,000 ALONE IN GLYNN COUNTY. OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE OF THEIR , BIGGEST OUTAGES IS IN MARSHALL COUNTY WHERE MORE THAN , 5,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL IN THE DARK. NEWTON HAS ROUGHLY 1800 CUSTOMERS WHO STILL DON’T HAVE POWER. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN GRINNELL ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TOO. KCCI SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL IS THERE TO SHOW US THE DAMAGE. TODD: YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO FAR IN GRINNELL TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THOUSANDS OF TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN ALL ACROSS THE CITY. IT’S DAY 7 OF STORM CLEAN UP IN GRINNELL. AND ADAM ALBRIGHT WONDERS IF HE’LL EVER SEEN AN END TO THE NUMBER OF LIMBS HE HAS TO CLEARN FROM HIS YAR >> IT’S IMPRESSIVE. IT’S ALL THE SAME. IT’S JUST TREES EVERYWHERE. TODD IF YOU DON’T LAUGH ABOUT IT : YOU MIGHT CRY. NO MATTER WHERE YOU TURN IN GRINNELL THERE IS TREE DEVISTATION. IN A FEW CASES, HOMES ARE DAMAGED FROM TREES FALLING. BUT STORM SHREDDED HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF TREES. AND POWER POLES DIDN’T ESCAPE THE WIND. TREES TORE DOWN POWER LINES, AND THEY PULLED DOWN OR SNAPPED POWER POLES. BIG POLES ON THE HIGHWAY ARE DOWN TOO. AND THAT MEANS HUNDREDS OF HOMEOWNERS ARE STILL IN THE DARK. >> IN THE MODERN ERA WITH WORKING FROM HOME IT MEANS WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING AT ALL BECAUSE THERE IS NO INTERNET. NO NOTHING. >> THAT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE. WE STILL DON’T HAVE POWER IN THIS AREA. TODD SARAH SMITH LIVES IN A : NEIGHBORHOOD FULL OF MAJESTIC OLD TREES. NOW MANY ARE SPLIT APART. THEIR CUT UP REMAINS LINE EVERY STREET. A REPAIR CREW FROM CANADA JUST ARRIVED AND IS REPLACING A BROKEN POWER POL SHE HOPES TO HAVE POWER SOON. SMITH SPENT THE PAST WEEK MAKING SURE OTHER TOWNS PEOPLE ARE GETTING HELP TOO. >> A LOT OF US WILL GET OUT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEANING, BUT WE ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN TOWN WHO STILL DON’T HAVE POWER, STILL DON’T HAVE PHONES, DON’T HAVE CELL PHONES, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SEEKING THOSE PEOPLE OUT TO GET THEM THE HELP THEY NEED. TODD: ALLIANT ENERGY HOPES TO HAVE POWER RESTORED TO GRINNELL BY MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. TODD MAGEL, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. RHEYA: THE CITY OF AMES SAYS ITS WORKING TO FIX THE REMAINING 62 OUTAGES FROM LAST WEEK’S STORM. CITY CREWS HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE WEEKEND, TO RESTORE POWER FOR HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. AMES LEADERS SAY WORKERS FROM WINTERSET, CEDAR FALLS, AND ALGONA ALSO PITCHED IN TO HELP THIS WEE POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED FOR MOST PEOPLE LIVING IN SLATER. BUT CITY LEADERS ARE NOW ASKING RESIDENTS TO KEEP USAGE LOW, UNTIL THE SYSTEM HAS STABILIZE THEY’VE ASKED EVERYONE THERE TO TURN UP THE THERMOSTAT A FEW DEGREES AND TURN OFF AND UNPLUG ALL NON-ESSENTIAL APPLIA