Downed trees and power lines also closed West Shore Drive in Culver and 13B Road west of S.R. 17, Plymouth/LaPorte Trail, and several sections on Queen Road.
At press time county workers were still working to clear roads.
“We’re hoping that it’s going to give us a break here so that we can get out and completely clean things up,” said Haeck. “It’s supposed to get down to 18 degrees and we’d like to get it by then. We’ll be working well into the night.”
The Argos Fire Department was called to a house fire early Friday morning that turned out to be just a faulty fan in a wood stove. One volunteer fireman had a close brush with the weather however.
Volunteer fireman Tucker Thayer, 22, of Argos, arrived on the scene to assist in his personal vehicle that was then damaged by a falling limb from a tree.
The City of Plymouth had some incidents to deal with as well.
“We’ve had some downed power lines but nothing that’s shut down any streets,” said Assistant Chief Dave Bacon. “We haven’t had any streets shut down or any accidents. In that way we’re doing a lot better than the county, I think. The street department is keeping up as best they can.”
Forecasters were calling for heavy snow and freezing rain in the storm to diminish as the day wore on. There was the possibility of ice accrual’s reaching the one inch mark by late Friday.
Another storm system is forecast to hit the area on Saturday night and Sunday with colder air following behind it. Sunday afternoon wind chills could reach 15 to 25 below zero. Strong winds may lead to further power outages by downing weakened tree limbs.
“We’ve just got a lot of trees down, some wires, if there are wires in them we’re throwing up barricades until NIPSCO can get to them,” said Plymouth Street Department Superintendent Jim Marquardt.
 “This stuff is really a little harder to move because it’s so slushy and heavy. Some of the little trucks just get pushed around by it so you have to use just the big trucks.
“It’s a mess,” he said.