Yesterday’s historic blizzard caused many issues around Northeast Wisconsin.
WPS has reported that the biggest snowstorm to hit the Green Bay area in 138 years resulted in tens of thousands of customers losing power.
As of this morning, there are still 40 outages affecting over 850 customers, but more than 11,000 customers have had their power restored.
Many entities encouraged everyone to stay home unless absolutely necessary, including the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office.
They implemented a tow ban leading up to the storm, and were called to assist at the scene of a jackknifed semi on I-43.
That resulted in numerous other vehicles getting stuck in traffic and ditches throughout the county.
The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office reported that 165 motorists had become stranded between midnight and noon, and that didn’t include accidents.
Roughly one foot of snow fell in Manitowoc County while Sheboygan received 10.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Green Bay surpassed the two-foot mark, coming in at 24.3 inches.
