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Some residents in western Kane County still without power Thursday

By Aimee Barrows
Ice hangs on the grill and bumper of a car parked at the McHenry County Administration Building in Woodstock on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, as a winter storm that produced rain, sleet, freezing rain, and ice moved through McHenry County.

Ice hangs on the grill and bumper of a car parked at the McHenry County Administration Building in Woodstock on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, as a winter storm that produced rain, sleet, freezing rain, and ice moved through McHenry County. (Gregory Shaver — gshaver@shawmedia.com/Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media )

Last night’s ice storm has left some residents in northern and western Kane County without power this morning, and some school districts have been forced to cancel classes.

All schools in Central School District 301 are closed today because of the power outages, while in District U-46, South Elgin High School, Canton and Kenyon Woods middle schools, Clinton, Huff, Lords Park, Ridge Circle, Sunnydale and Willard elementary schools, as well as Illinois Park Early Learning Center and More at Four, are also closed today.

Some roads in the western part of the county are also blocked due to downed trees and wires.

Amy Johnson, Kane County undersheriff, downed wires are blocking the 12N200 block of Route 47 near Plank Road and Rohrsen Road in Burlington Township, while a downed tree is blocking the 38W400 block of Highland Avenue, in Elgin Township.

Johnson said that motorists should find alternate routes and she doesn’t not know when the roads are expected to be cleared.

According to ComEd’s outage map, some residents in Valley View, Campton Hills and the northern part of the county near Elgin remain without power.

Residents in parts of McHenry County and far northern Kane County around Carpentersville were most affected by the storm, and thousands of residents remain without power.

Calls to ComEd about power restoration estimates were not immediately returned.

Check back for more information.

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