Winter weather puts on its stormy faceA mix of large and fluffy
flakes, barely-there flurries and drizzling showers on Tuesday
gave southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin their first
real taste of winter so far this year. By: Regan Carstensen, The
Republican Eagle A mix of large and fluffy flakes, barely-there
flurries and drizzling showers on Tuesday gave southeastern
Minnesota and western Wisconsin their first real taste of winter
so far this year. While uncharacteristically warm and dry
weather has made the season feel like spring up to this point,
local drivers may have forgotten how to handle slick roads. The
Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding drivers to
adapt their driving skills based on road conditions now that the
snow is finally flying. If extra caution isn’t taken, accidents
are likely to peak, as they usually do during the winter months,
the DPS reported. Preliminary data from 2011 showed that icy or
snowy road surfaces caused nearly 17,000 crashes, which resulted
in 5,339 in