Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Ice storm knocks out power, closes schools

By RALPH ANSAMI

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An ice and snow storm swept through parts of northern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula Tuesday evening, causing scattered power outages through Wednesday.

The cold, wet weather was expected to continue through tonight.

The Superior and Bayfield areas started getting snow or freezing rainfall Tuesday night.

Rain turned to ice on the trees across the Gogebic Range by Wednesday morning as the thermometer hung around 32 degrees.

The snow and freezing rain caused many Minnesota and Wisconsin schools to cancel classes Wednesday.

In northern W...