Images from Tuesday morning's flurries
Snowfall collects on the prairie grasses at the Hampshire Forest Preserve Tuesday morning.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Jim Vleck clears his driveway in Rolling Meadows Tuesday morning. He was home on a vacation day from the public works department, but said he would probably be called to work later with around 10 inches of snow.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Fresh snow covers a tree in Lisle Tuesday morning.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Samuel Annono removes a warning sign as construction crews with Vixen Construction poured cement and shut the multi-lane road down to one lane causing congestion on Arlington Heights Rd. north of Lake-Cook Rd. Tuesday in Buffalo Grove.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Snow clings to tree and power lines as the storm hits early on Miner St. in Arlington Heights.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Kim Kemph walks with Desi Tuesday morning on Park Street in Arlington Heights. Desi collected a plastic milk jug to help the environment and have a new toy.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
An IDOT plow truck clears the way along the eastbound lanes of the Jane Addams Tollway Tuesday morning.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
An Elgin water tower tells the weather story Tuesday morning as the Fox Valley area gets its first real taste of winter.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
A tree covered with snow in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
A snow plow from B. M. S. Inc. tries to clear the parking lot of snow Tuesday at Hawthorn Hills Fashion Square in Vernon Hills. The company was trying to stay ahead of the projected snow storm for today and tomorrow.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Snow plows are out in full force Tuesday morning during the start of a winter storm.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Traffic was snarled on Arlington Heights Rd. north of Lake-Cook Rd. Tuesday in Buffalo Grove due to road construction and falling snow.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Batavia resident Rich Miller clears enough snow from his car to run some errands Tuesday morning. Miller, who like many Americans is unemployed, said he was also going to be spending his day looking for a new job.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
A pair of City of Geneva snow plows clear away the first round of snow Tuesday morning along Ridgepointe Drive as a winter storm watch continues through Wednesday.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Jeanette DaSilva of Schaumburg takes her dog "Jackie" for a walk in the snow, along Schaumburg Road Tuesday morning.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Michelle Whitcomb of Naperville brushes snow off of her vehicle Tuesday morning after overnight snow.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
A bicycle rack covered with snow at Centennial Park in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
A jogger heads down a snow-covered Brown Street in Wauconda Tuesday morning.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
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