Blizzard

WILLMAR — Travel came to a standstill across the region Sunday as strong winds brought blowing and drifting snow and treacherous driving conditions. In the storm’s wake, virtually all area school districts — from Willmar and New London-Spicer to BOLD, Yellow Medicine East and...

WILLMAR — Strong winds are causing white-out conditions this afternoon, bringing travel to a standstill across western Minnesota. U.S. Highway 71 was closed from Minnesota Highway 19 near Morton to U.S. 212 in Olivia for part of the day but reopened late in the afternoon. The...

WILLMAR -- Whiteout conditions are creating difficult travel conditions today in central and southwestern Minnesota. A blizzard warning is in effect, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation's 511 traveler information website describes difficult driving conditions across...

WILLMAR –– The blizzard Thursday may have fallen short of expectations in the multi-county region of west central Minnesota that was under the weather warning, but there were places and times when blizzard conditions were in full force. “Patchy,” is how Shawn DeVinny, a...

Thursday morning update WILLMAR — Road conditions in west central Minnesota are listed in fair to difficult condition and the State Patrol...

WILLMAR — Winter is roaring back today with a one-two punch: a blizzard warning that remains in effect most of the day, followed by another...

WILLMAR –– Weather forecasters have upped the ante for dangerous weather to hit parts of west central Minnesota tomorrow. The previous blizzard watch has now been upgraded to a blizzard warning that will be in effect from 3 a.m. to midnight Thursday, bringing wind chills of...

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a wind chill warning for all of west central Minnesota until noon today. It also issued...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- For the second time in a week, a major winter storm paralyzed parts of the nation's midsection Tuesday, dumping a fresh layer of heavy, wet snow atop cities still choked with piles from the previous system and making travel perilous from the Oklahoma panhandle...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Another blizzard bore down on the nation's midsection early Tuesday after lashing the Texas Panhandle with hurricane-force winds, closing highways and cutting power to thousands in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. At least two people were killed in the storm, and...