By Lori EhdeRock County, along with most of the upper Midwest, experienced its first real blast of winter this week.A blizzard moved through the area Sunday and Monday, closing interstates and schools and causing accidents.The storm started with a steady drizzle Sunday and by Monday at noon turned to snow. The real story in this storm, though, was the wind, which gusted up to 50 mph at times, reducing visibility to near zero at times on roadways.When the snowflakes settled by Tuesday morning, Rock County residents ended up with total accumulations of nearly 3 inches. That’s on top of more than an inch of rain that fell prior to the snow.Weather for the remainder of the week is expected to return to temperatures typical for this time of year – in the 20- and 25-degree range.
