KENDALLVILLE – A large power outage affected portions of Kendallville Friday morning.

The outage occurred just after 8:30 a-m and affected several traffic signals in Kendallville.

Some East Noble Schools affected by the outage had to run on backup generators and serve alternative lunches to students.

I & M said nearly 17-hundred customers were affected by the outage which was caused by a bird nest in a transformer.

Power was restored by early afternoon.