Spring? Yeah, right: Snow for Midwest, Northeast

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Spring can’t seem to upstage winter in the Northeast and parts of the nation’s midsection, as a far-reaching storm today brought up to a foot of snow to areas from the Dakotas to upstate New York.

Scores of schools closed or delayed opening in Wisconsin, northeastern Pennsylvania, upstate New York and northwest New Jersey because of the weather. Authorities in Wisconsin blamed icy conditions for the death of a woman whose car skidded off the road.

Communities in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains were expecting more than 11 inches by the time the storm moved out late today, The National Weather Service reported.

Up to 9 inches of snow had already fallen in parts of western New York and up to a foot more could fall upstate by Thursday.

Snow fell on the New York City area early this morning but turned to rain.

The northern Midwest was getting its share of spring snow today.

In Wisconsin, a 69-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle slid off an icy highway in Vernon County Tuesday night. Sheriff John Spears said roads in the area were “very hazardous” at the time Gretchen Whittaker lost control, crossed the center line on Highway 27 and rolled into a ditch.

In South Dakota, up to 10 inches of snow had fallen by this morning, and more than a foot of heavy, wet snow was on the ground in some parts of North Dakota.

Michigan’s Saginaw and Tuscola Counties had up to 7 inches, and the weather service predicted waves of up to 25 feet on Lake Superior.