UPDATE, Aug. 4, 3:30 p.m. The outage is impacting the County’s ability to answer Galena Police Department’s administrative line. Until further notice, if anyone needs to contact the GPD outside of normal business hours (8 a.m. – 4 p.m.) for non-emergency purposes, they should call 815-776-9310.
EARLIER: The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office has been alerted to a telephone network outage that is affecting both 911 and administrative lines. 911 calls are currently being rerouted to the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office.
If anyone needs to contact the Sheriff’s Office for non-emergency purposes, they should contact the Galena Police Department administrative line at 815-777-2131.
Service providers have been notified of the issue and are working to restore services.