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KEEPING WARM: Fourteen-year-old Timothy Hall wears a hood and mask before shoveling his driveway Sunday in Algonquin. The weather didn’t keep many indoors for long as county roads were crowded Sunday afternoon.
BLIZZARD WARNING: Whiteout conditions form Sunday on eastbound Rakow Road in Crystal Lake. Heavy snow and high winds created dangerous whiteout conditions for drivers throughout the county.
KEEPING UP: Mike Holmes clears his driveway on Yosemite Parkway on Sunday in Algonquin. Bull Valley had some of the heaviest snow totals in the area, with 15 inches and counting Sunday afternoon.
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Dominos Pizza delivery driver John Korinke of Crystal Lake loads his car before heading out on a delivery Sunday in Cary. Despite the blizzard warning, drivers continued delivering pizzas throughout the evening. Dominos expects to deliver more than 11 million pizza slices for Super Bowl parties Sunday, according to Forbes.
Some parts of county total more than a foot of snow
By CHELSEA McDOUGALL • cmcdougall@shawmedia.com Congratulations, Bull Valley. You win. As snow continued to fall on the area, preliminary reports put Bull Valley atop the list for heaviest snowfall with 15 inches and counting. A slow-moving winter storm blanketed the Chicago area Sunday, snarling traffic, canceling school and spoiling some Super Bowl plans. A blizzard warning for the area expired at midnight Monday. The snowstorm was
See SNOW, page A6
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Number of trucks the state dispatched to clear, salt Chicago-area roads
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Time Woodstock Willie was expected to make annual prognostication Monday morning Minimum number of flights canceled at O’Hare, Midway airports
Rauner’s arguments for reform don’t all add up Controlled burns conducted to keep invasive species out
Work done at Sterne’s Woods By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The controlled burns at Sterne’s Woods and Fen were closer to the road this year, triggering more calls and inquiries, a park district official said. Every year, the Crystal Lake Park District burns
piles of buckthorn and other invasive species to make room for native plants, said Erik Jakubowski, district superintendent of park services. Sterne’s Woods and Fen – 185 acres of wooded area with walking and bike paths, a picnic area and a couple ponds and lakes connected by
streams – is the main focus for this time of year when other plant growth is minimal, Jakubowski said. The park is along Hillside Road in Crystal Lake, just west of Pingree Road. The section worked on last week was nothing but invasive trees previously, he said. But district staff removed
the trees and let the natural grasslands move in. The work was successful, he said, but the district has to continue to do maintenance to keep the invasive species from returning. The district does controlled burns at various sites
See WORK, page A6
The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – As he prepares to deliver his first State of the State address, Gov. Bruce Rauner has been traveling Illinois previewing what are expected to be his first legislative proposals, saying the state’s dire financial situation is cause for cutting Medicaid and public-employee salaries
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and making Illinois more hospitable to businesses. The speeches, given mostly to college audiences, have had the feel of university lectures – complete with PowerPoint slides and a slew of statistics. The Associated Press reviewed some of the facts the Winnetka Republican is using
See RAUNER, page A6
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