Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Light snow overnight created difficult driving conditions Saturday morning on highways across central Minnesota, including in the Twin Cities metro area.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation reported plows were out across central Minnesota in the wake of the overnight snow. As of 10 a.m., 

 continued to show many crashes and spinouts across the Twin Cities.

The State Patrol also was responding to several crashes along Interstate 94 between Alexandria and the Twin Cities, and along I-35 south of the metro area.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport reported 1.3 inches of snow as of 6 a.m. 

There was more to the west, with the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen reporting 1.8 inches. Weather spotters reported 3 inches at Kimball and 5 inches near Excelsior.

And a spotter in Browns Valley in far western Minnesota reported 6 inches of new snow. 

Parts of northeastern South Dakota and southeastern North Dakota saw more than a foot of snow, with a weather spotter near Havana, S.D., reporting 14 inches as of Saturday morning.

Any remaining snow is forecast to end across central and southeast Minnesota on Saturday morning, followed by a seasonable day with partly sunny skies and highs in the teens and 20s. 

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As of 10 a.m., MnDOT continued to report many crashes and spinouts across the Twin Cities metro area. The State Patrol also was responding to several crashes along Interstate 94 between Alexandria and the Twin Cities.

A crash blocks a lane of eastbound Interstate 494

Overnight snow causing difficult driving in parts of Minnesota

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