Tuesday, March 5, 2013
A winter storm began moving through the Oak Creek area Tuesday morning. See how the city responded, and tell us how things are in your neighborhood.
Last update: 2:35 p.m. Tuesday Another winter storm moved into southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday, and while the snowfall is not expected to be as much as original estimates, roads quickly became slick. No major accidents have been reported, though many minor incidents have kept police busy. On the freeway system, sheriff's deputies responded to 19 crashes and 22 disabled vehicles from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. After-school and Oak Creek Recreation Department activities were canceled. South of Oak Creek, Racine schools closed early because of the snowstorm. Here are some more school and business closings from Patch's media partners at WISN 12 News; if you hear of any other closings, please let us know in the comments section. According to WISN, snow …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Keep up with Patch for real-time information on accidents, commute times and more.
Updated 7:26 p.m. Check out closure information in the following counties: Snow-related Closure Information in Waukesha County Snow-related Closure Information in Ozaukee County Snow-related Closure Information in Milwaukee County Snow-related Closure Information in Racine County Click here for WISN closings and here for the TMJ4 closings. To check if there are power outages near you, take a look at the We Energies map. Also, to check click here to check flights from Mitchell International. Updated 7:25 p.m. Per Bayside Police: Head-on collission at Port Washington Road just south of County Line Road. No injuries. Car spun out ahead of the other vehicle. Then another car swerved to avoid the first, but slid across and into the Northbound…
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Keep up with Patch for real-time information on accidents, commute times and more. This article covers Milwaukee and Ozaukee county Patch communities.
7:05 p.m.: A reader of Oak Creek Patch shared some wisdom (that is probably too late to follow today). On Oak Creek Patch's Facebook page, she wrote: "That first layer of snow should be shoveled right away otherwise you are in for big heavy load if you wait till the storm is over. I only had 1/8 inch and it was pretty heavy and if it freezes underneath that will make it even worse!" 6:58 p.m.: @MKESkywarn has tweeted: "NWS says record rainfall for Milwaukee today: 2.04 inches (corrected value). Old record was 1.48" set in 1977." NWS is National Weather Service. 6:52 p.m.: From Wauwatosa Patch editor Jim Price: "For the past hour, we've been back to rain/freezing rain in Tosa. Maybe an inch of snow had accumulated but is now turning into …
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8:24 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Kids got it so easy now. We walked 10 miles to school uphill both ways more ›