Midwest Energy is investigating the cause of a Tuesday morning blackout.

According to Midwest spokesman Mike Morley, the power outage affected more than 5,600 customers, including much of Hays and west to Ellis. As of about 8:30 a.m., Morley said power had been rerouted and all customers had been restored.

Crews are at a substation north of Hays investigating the cause of the outage.

Check Hays Post for details as they become available.