Power restored to Woodstock City Hall, 300 customers

Woodstock City Hall closed early Tuesday afternoon because of a power outage.

The city posted on its Facebook page about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday that City Hall was closed for the rest of the day because of the outage.

The Woodstock Public Library reposted the city’s post on its Facebook page and said the library was open and had power and air conditioning; phone lines, however, were down “as long as City Hall is down,” according to a news release.

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District’s phone lines were also down Tuesday afternoon, but the department was back online at 3 p.m., according to a department Facebook post. Department spokesperson Alex Vucha said the fire department’s phone and email lines are connected to the Woodstock city IT department.

A ComEd spokesperson said crews responded to calls of wires down in the area early Tuesday afternoon, and about 300 customers were without power.

As of about 3 p.m. Tuesday, crews remained on site and power was expected to be back on sometime Tuesday evening, the spokesperson said, adding the cause still is being determined.

By 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, ComEd’s outage map indicated no outages in downtown Woodstock, and fewer than five customers in McHenry County were without power.

City Manager Roscoe Stelford said via email later in the evening that power was restored and City Hall would reopen at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

He said city officials were told a power pole was struck earlier in the day, causing the outage.