The Kewaunee County community came together late Tuesday to deal with the aftermath of a major thunderstorm that rolled through Kewaunee and caused travel within the city to come to a near standstill with fallen trees and power lines.  Emergency Management Director Tracy Nollenberg says her department was out immediately following the storm to do a damage assessment and utilized the Emergency Notification System to let Kewaunee County residents know to avoid driving through the city of Kewaunee.

In addition to emergency and Wisconsin Public Service crews working to clear roadways and restore power, many volunteers, including some from the Algoma Street Department and the Kewaunee Storm football team, helped to remove debris and clean up large fallen branches on neighboring lawns along streets. WPS reported 58 customers were still without power in the Kewaunee area as of 10:30 Wednesday morning.   

(photo above courtesy of Casey Gretz on Kewaunee Speak Up)