Here’s where McHenry County residents remain without power Friday

Ice storm knocked down trees, power lines leaving nearly 27,000 without power Thursday morning

February 24, 2023 at 1:33 pm CST

A downed tree branch hangs on a power line at a home near the intersection of Grove Street and Pomeroy Avenue in Crystal Lake on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, as county residents recover from a winter storm that knocked down trees and created power outages throughout McHenry County. (Gregory Shaver — gshaver@shawmedia.com/Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media )

Nearly 7,000 McHenry County residents remained without power Friday morning, but area schools were back open following this week’s ice storm that downed trees and power lines.

The number without power was down to nearly 4,600 by 1 p.m., according to ComEd.

Crystal Lake School District 47 and Community High School 155 reported Thursday that some of its buildings and much of the community were without power, leading the districts to cancel school district-wide.

In Community School District 300, two buildings – Golfview Elementary School in Carpentersville and Westfield Community School in Algonquin – were without power.

[ Ice storm brings down branches, knocks out power across parts of McHenry County ]

All three districts reported they were returning to normal to class on Friday. McHenry County College reopened Thursday evening for classes. Cary School District 26 said in its note announcing classes Friday that its power, too, was restored.