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Published February 29, 2012, 09:22 AM

Weather, road conditions run the gamut

The storm that started the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 28, continued to impact the region the next morning after the skies released alternating bursts of heavy snow, rain and sleet and temperatures flitted above and below 32 degrees.

The storm that started the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 28, continued to impact the region the next morning after the skies released alternating bursts of heavy snow, rain and sleet and temperatures flitted above and below 32 degrees.

This photo shows a wet Hwy. 63 and standing water in Hager City around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Various sources report that generally, roadways that weren’t plowed or treated with salt brine were slushy and slippery; those that had been treated or plowed were mostly wet with many slick spots.

Pierce Pepin Electric Coop was dealing with repair of some downed power lines in Pierce County. The official precipitation total for River Falls as of 8 a.m. on Leap Day was 1.47 inches.

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