Article updated: 2/24/2012 12:16 PM

Northern suburbs hit with heavy snowfall

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Leo Wajda uses a tractor to plow his driveway in Mount Prospect Friday morning.

JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer

Bill Wells of Libertyville snow blows his sidewalk Friday morning after a winter storm dumped about 6 inches of snow on the area overnight.

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Tree branches sit in the driveway of this house in Libertyville after a snowstorm dumped heavy, wet snow on the area Friday.

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Don Sosnowski shovels wet, heavy snow in front of his home on Busse Avenue in Mount Prospect Friday morning.

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Elgin residents dig out their driveways and sidewalks early Friday morning after the overnight snow.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Public works plows clear snow from neighborhood streets in Mount Prospect Friday morning.

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A snowstorm predicted for Thursday afternoon and evening may not have materialized when expected, but it eventually showed up, and it sure packed a punch in northern Lake and McHenry counties. In other parts of the Chicago area, though, it didn't come close to living up to its billing.

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