Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation are urging drivers to stay clear of the roadways because of a snow storm that left nearly 18 inches of snow on the roads in some areas.

The snow storm caused the cancellation of schools in northern and central Wisconsin because of the treacherous driving conditions. The storm also knocked the power out in wooded Wisconsin areas and nearly 14,000 people were left without electric.

The storm began late Tuesday night and carried on through Wednesday. In Green Bay, only two inches of snow fell, but other areas received 18 inches. Southern areas are facing heavy rains and temperatures in the upper 30s.

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Three people were injured after being involved in a car accident on Highway 70.

According to officials in Washburn County, fire officials arrived at the scene in order to find two people stuck in two separate vehicles. A preliminary investigation shows that a man and his wife were traveling eastbound on Highway 70 when their vehicle went over the center line and struck an oncoming car.

Both the man and wife and the driver of the vehicle were transported to the hospital in order to be treated for injuries sustained in the collision.

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Current bills in the Wisconsin Assembly are attempting to toughen the laws on the drunk driving in the state in order to cut back on the number of impaired drivers that get behind the wheels.

A bill that is currently in the assembly would change the current law that states that drunk driving is not a felony until the fourth conviction, in order to make a felony on the third conviction.

The bill was first suggested in May 2011, but it only now receiving a hearing. Those who are behind the tougher laws include families that have been affected by drunk driver. Many of these families have lost a family member in a car accident where alcohol was involved and are pushing the state to help combat this.

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Wisconsin police cracked down on drivers as they left Super Bowl parties on Sunday. Compared with other Sundays during the year, drunk driving arrests are up 30 to 40 percent on Super Bowl Sunday.

Brown County launched a task force to cut back on Operating While Intoxicated charges and officials within the police department have stated that they have seen “tremendous results.”

As far as Super Bowl Sunday goes, “We go somewhere in the 70s to somewhere around 112 so we definitely see a big increase Super Bowl Sunday when we look at the Sunday before and Sunday after. It’s a big spike on Super Bowl Sunday night in terms of OWI’S,” Mike Panosh, with the Wisconsin State Patrol said.

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A 22-year-old Reedsville man was killed in a rollover accident in Valders last week.

According to Wisconsin State Patrol, the man was driving a pickup truck on Manitowoc County JJ when he did not navigate a curve correctly and his car flipped and rolled into a ditch as a result.

The man was transported to the hospital in order to be treated for his injuries, but he later died of the injuries sustained in the crash. A 22-year-old passenger was also in the vehicle and was transported to the hospital in order to treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victims at this time.