Overnight rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow caused a slushy and slippery start Tuesday across much of central and southern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin.
The slippery conditions — with temperatures hovering right around freezing in the Twin Cities — prompted some school districts to cancel or delay the start of classes. Find a list of those schools below.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation was reporting scattered icy road conditions across the state. In addition to the slush and ice, the overnight rain — combined with storm drains blocked by snow — led to ponding on streets in the Twin Cities early Tuesday.
The precipitation will gradually end Tuesday morning, but temperatures will fall below freezing late Tuesday into early Wednesday. That means Tuesday’s slushy streets and sidewalks may be icy on Wednesday morning.
School delays and cancellations for Tuesday, Jan. 6
Closed
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Goodhue
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Hastings
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North Branch
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St. Croix Falls, Wis.
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St. Francis Area
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Zumbrota-Mazeppa
E-learning day
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Delano
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Elk River
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Watertown-Mayer
Two-hour delay
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Becker
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Belle Plaine
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Big Lake
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Blooming Prairie
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Braham Area
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Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose
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Byron
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Cambridge-Isanti
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Cannon Falls Area
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Central (Norwood Young America)
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Chisago Lakes
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Dassel-Cokato
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Faribault
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Foley
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Forest Lake Area
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Hayfield
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Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
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Hudson, Wis.
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Jordan
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Le Sueur-Henderson (1-hour delay)
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Kasson-Mantorville
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Kimball Area
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Lake City
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Lester Prairie
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Mahtomedi
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Mankato Area
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Maple Lake
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Medford
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Milaca
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Monticello
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New Prague Area
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New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva
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Northfield
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Osceola, Wis.
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Owatonna
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Pine Island
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Prescott, Wis.
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Princeton
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Red Wing
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River Falls, Wis.
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Rush City
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St. Cloud
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St. Michael-Albertville
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St. Peter
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Sartell-St. Stephen
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Sauk Rapids-Rice
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Sibley East
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Somerset, Wis.
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Stillwater Area
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Tri-City United
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Triton
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Waconia
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Westonka
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White Bear Lake Area
Forecast updates
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MPR News: Real-time radar
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National Weather Service: Snowfall reports
Travel updates
These state transportation departments offer live updates on road conditions and crashes:
For bus and light rail riders in the Twin Cities, Metro Transit offers weather-related updates on its Metro Transit and Metro Transit Alerts social media pages, as well as on its website.
Is there is snow emergency in effect for St. Paul or Minneapolis? Find out on the City of St. Paul website or the City of Minneapolis website.
Flight updates
If you’re planning to fly from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport or another airport around the region — or if you are expecting visitors to arrive by plane — airports offer flight status updates online:
Collected from Minnesota Public Radio News. View original source here.
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a public radio network for the US state of Minnesota. With its three services, MPR News, YourClassical MPR and The Current, MPR operates a 46-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest.
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