The City of Janesvile took delivery of 2000 tons of salt on Monday, just hours before what is being predicted to be the first major storm of the 09-10 winter season.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Snow sticks to an illuminated bear among a wide assortment of lighted Christmas displays outside a home at 1923 S. Marion Ave. on Janesville's south side on Tuesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Carregiver Leeann Houlette shovels snow from a wheelchair ramp in front of the Positive Living Adult Family Home on Cornelia St. in Janesville on Tuesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Carregiver Leeann Houlette shovels snow from a wheelchair ramp in front of the Positive Living Adult Family Home on Cornelia St. in Janesville on Tuesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Jose Gamino, 11, carries a plastic sled on his back as he and friends walk on Crosby Ave. toward a snow hill at UW Rock County on Tuesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Snow weighs down the wings of Snoopy's biplane, part of an inflated display in the 800 block of Sherman Ave. in Janesville on Tuesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
A Janesville resident darts across Centerway in downtown Janesville as the snowstorm gained force Tuesday evening.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
An evergreen tree sags under the weight of the wet snow and pulls down a utility line on Oakland Ave in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Bob Dahl, an employee of the Rock Energy Cooperative, makes repairs on a storm damaged powerline along Newville Rd near County Hgwy M. on Wednesday. Heavy snows and high winds kept utility crews busy making repairs across the county and city.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Bob Dahl, an employee of the Rock Energy Cooperative, makes repairs on a storm damaged powerline along Newville Rd near County Hgwy M. on Wednesday. Utility crews were being kept busy making repairs across the county and city.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Snow weighs down utility lines on a home at the corner of N. Garfield Ave. and E. Centerway St. on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
A freshly broken tree truck tesifies to the more than a foot accumulation of heavy, wet snow that has played havoc on nature across Southern Wisconsin.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
A minivan sits at the bottom of an embankment along Hwy 51 just north of Hwy 14 on Wednesday. More than a foot of snow overnight made driving treacherous in many places.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
The snowblower of this west side Janesville resident nearly disapears from view as he clears a three-foot drift from his driveway.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
A birch tree on Royal Oaks Dr., bends towards the ground under a heavy snow load.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Last night's heavy wet snow clings to a pine tree, weighting down the branch. Many trees in the area suffered severe damage as they collapsed under the weight of the storm.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Ray Monahan tries to lighten the load on the five large blue spruce trees in his yard on S. Huron and shakes the snow off of branches on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Snow covered corn stands in a filed along Kennedy Road north of Janesville after the heavy, overnight snow.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Karalee Briggs walks her dogs Babe, left, and Boomer in Sherman Ave. and waits to cross N. Ringold St. on Wednesday. She was walking in the road because some sidewalks were not cleared following the overnight storm that dropped more than a foot of snow on Janesville.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Christmas lights are engulfed in fresh snow on a home at 1330 St. Lawrence Ave. in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Private contractor Kyle Frank piles up snow in the front of the Janesville Mall parking lot on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Jonathan Soldner packs snow around his girlfriend Amber Campbell as they couple played in the snow in her front yard on Richardson St. in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Snow sticks to the top half of a school crossing ahead sign on S. Ringold St. in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Sisters Amanda and Dori Kotwitz, from left, finish off a snowman in their front yard on S. Fremont St. in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Brandon Raiche, 12, shovels snow from the steps in front of his family's home at 719 Logan St. in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
A large tree is split in half by the weight of snow in the front yard of a home at 817 Milton Ave. in Janesville on Wednesday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
A car parked in the 1800 block of Highland Ave. in Janesville is plowed in after the snowstorm that dropped more than a foot of snow on the Janesville area.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Julie Backenkeller snuggles up with her dog Lucy in front of a propane heater at her Janesville home on Thursday. The electricity was out at her home for more than 32 hours and she was forced to use alternative measures to keep warm.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Randy Rusch, of Al Beyers Indoor Comfort Systems, works by flashlight to install a high efficiency wood burning fireplace insert at Julie Backenkeller's home in Janesville on Thursday. Backenkeller had been without electricity for more than 32 hours at the time.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Joe Shickles uses a chain saw to cut branches from a fallen tree in his friend James Dornan's front yard at 1545 Sharon St. on Thursday. Three trees in Dornan's front yard were casualties of the recent snowstorm that dropped more than a foot of heavy snow on the area. The tree was blocking Dornan's driveway, as well as the driveway to Kiwanis Pond.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
The sun twinkles through snow melting on the branches of trees on the Blackbridge Golf Course on Thursday.
