Images: More snow covers the suburbs
A plow clears Prairie Street in St. Charles as the area prepares for the big storm Tuesday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jim Basile clears the snow off the sidewalk in downtown Lombard on Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
An unidentified person heads West along Highland Ave as a small dusting of snow covers the Elgin area.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Sue Fore of St. Charles clears snow from her car after walking her dog at Fox River Bluff County Forest Preserve Tuesday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jay Guevara of West Dundee shovels snow from his driveway into the street Tuesday morning as the largest winter storm of the season begins to intensify. Guevara was clearing a path to get to work, which thankfully wasnt too far up the road in Algonquin.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Laurie Ahmer and Rebecca Blum walk the Illinois Prairie Path Lombard on Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Joanne Rinaldo of Palatine gets an early morning walk in before heavier snow hit the area on Tuesday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Syed Ahmed of Palatine shovels his driveway while trying to stay ahead of Tuesdays snow.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Electrician Matt Funderburk, of Kelso Burnett Co., repairs and replaces lights in the parking lot of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Lindenhurst as snow falls Tuesday in Lake County. The winter snow caused schools and some businesses to close for the day.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Henry Arimas, of Lake Villa, and his son, Henry Jr., walk with their dog, Amarillo, as snow falls Tuesday in Lake County. The winter storm caused schools and some businesses to close for the day.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Denise Wilford of Barrington was buying balloons for her sons 17th birthday party Tuesday at Party City in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Henry Arimas, of Lake Villa, and his son, Henry Jr., eat icicles while they walk their dog, Amarillo, as snow falls Tuesday in Lake County. The winter storm caused schools and some businesses to close for the day.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
John Baer of Elgin finishes shoveling half of his driveway on Wing Park Ave. as snow covers the Elgin area Tuesday. I retired so that I would not have to go out in this. Said Baer who also said he was planning on finishing the other half the drive tomorrow after all the snow fell.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jessica Thrush of Island Lake and her daughter Sophia brave the snow Tuesday to go shopping in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Armando Lopez shovels the walk in front of the Taco Bell in Lake Zurich, as a snowplow drives by on Rt. 22.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Marcus Ramirez of Trader Joes in Lake Zurich, retrieves some shopping carts left out in the snow.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Lynell Iannicelli gives Logan Lawrence, 5, a push as he heads down the sledding hill at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Lynell Iannicelli and her daughter Julie, 5, sled at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Jamie Hills of Lake Zurich shovels out her driveway on Prairie Lane.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Connie Buchman of Hawthorn Woods, cleans her windows with an ID card Tuesday, while shopping in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Julie Graham visiting from South Bend, Indiana, said This is nothing, Im used to the lake effect snow we get out there, as she brushes her car off while shopping in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Lynell Iannicelli takes a ride down the hill as she sleds with her daughter and her friend at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Armando Lopez shovels the walks Tuesday at a Taco Bell in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
A woman shields herself from the blowing snow on her way to a store at the Village Square in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Cheryl Wenzel trudges her way through the snow on her way to her job at Trader Joes in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Julie Iannicelli, 5, takes a sideways run down the sledding hill at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Jeremy Cheatham of Des Plaines waits for a train to Chicago at the Des Plaines Train Station .
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Rick Murgas and his son, Carsten, 12, go smowmobiling around Rollins Savanna in Grayslake.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Darrel Saperstein of Huntley lays on a sled and adjusts his GoPro video camera before sliding with his seven-year-old son Gabriel at Randall Oaks Park in West Dundee.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Leah Eisenbarth of Lake Barrington, left, and Chris Taylor of Palatine tube at Paulus Park in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Kevin Kelly of Arlington Heights shovels his driveway in his shorts.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Snow flakes sit on the leaves of a bush in Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Fresh snow covers the trees at Lambert Lake Nature Preserve in Glen Ellyn.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Sledders and snowboarders enjoy Randall Oaks Park in West Dundee.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Brian Crawford with Arlington Heights Public Works uses a giant brush on a tractor while clearing the sidewalks near Arlington Heights train station.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
A bobcat removes snow from driveways in a condo complex along N. First St. in Elburn.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Brian Crawford with Arlington Heights Public Works uses a giant brush on a tractor while clearing the sidewalks near Arlington Heights train station.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Near-whiteout conditions prevailed Tuesday morning at Wheaton College.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Snow-covered kids head home after a day of sledding in Rolling Meadows.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Traffic on I-90 from the Des Plaines Oasis was flowing despite the snowy conditions.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Corey Sebenste of Geneva works on a polar bear snow sculpture off Wood Avenue in Geneva. This is Sebenstes first attempt at snow sculpting. Sebenste is a student at Waubonsee Community College, which canceled classes Tuesday, but one of his teachers offered extra credit for the best snow project of the day.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Visibility along Route 47 in Lily Lake is very limited as wet snow continues to fall early in the afternoon .
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
A mini bulldozer clears the parking lot at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
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