Bitter Cold Weather Wreaks Havoc On State

MILWAUKEE — The dangerous cold kept students home from school across Wisconsin Wednesday.

Wind chill warnings and advisories were out for most of Wisconsin because of the sub zero temperatures and gusty wind.Kenosha County sheriff’s officials said the Public Safety Building was operating on backup power Wednesday morning because of an outage. We Energies reports about 400 customers in southeast Wisconsin lost power, including some in downtown Kenosha.

Blowing snow led to near whiteout conditions Tuesday.The state patrol dealt with plenty of crashes all day, including 10 involving semitrailers. Some blocked lanes on I-94.Troopers said many highways are still snow-covered and slippery.For road conditions and any closings, go to the traffic and weather pages of our Web site.