By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

A major windstorm that hit the city at approximately 11 p.m. on Friday has left 1884 customers in the Walworth county portion of the city without power as of 8:45 a.m., as well as 111 in the Jefferson county portion. That represents 33% of the customers in the dark. Several traffic signals are not functioning and some side streets are closed due to large tree branches down.

Fort Atkinson is in worse shape, with 5252 customers reported without power, representing 82% of their customers.

A city crew was out after midnight with a front loader and chipper clearing branches.