Winter Storm Wilbur Kills 4 in Michigan; Hundreds of Crashes Reported in Minnesota | The Weather Channel
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Here's what we know about the impacts from this winter storm.

BySean Breslin
February 13, 2019Updated: February 13, 2019, 3:10 pm ESTPublished: February 13, 2019, 3:10 pm EST

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Winter-weary Midwesterners endured yet another snowstorm Tuesday and Wednesday as Winter Storm Wilbur was blamed for hundreds of crashes on snow- and ice-covered roads.

Officials in Michigan said four people have died in crashes blamed on wintry conditions from Wilbur, the Associated Press reported. Two of the deaths occurred in Buckeye Township on Tuesday when 74-year-old Joan Fisher and 50-year-old son Brian Scherzer died in a crash that was blamed on weather and speed, the Gladwin County sheriff's office told the AP.

The third death occurred in mid-Michigan's Warren Township when 56-year-old Kathleen Pomranky lost control of her vehicle on icy roads and crashed into another car Tuesday night, Midland County officials said.

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The Kalkaska Sheriff’s Office confirmed the death of 51-year-old Betty Lou-Korson of Williamsburg after she died in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday, the AP also reported. She died when a tree care service truck lost control and passed over the media, striking her SUV, the report added. Three others were injured in the crash.

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The Minnesota State Patrol said the winter storm caused 420 crashes – 32 of which had injuries – and another 400 spinouts, the AP also reported. Several school districts had delayed openings Wednesday morning because of blowing snow, the report added.

"We can survive this to get to the beautiful weather in the summer. ... That’s why we live here," Sean Aronson, spokesman for the St. Paul Saints, told the Star Tribune. "You just have to grind through it."

In Wisconsin, polls opened as scheduled Tuesday morning as the state votes for a new Supreme Court justice and other issues, the AP also said.

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A loader moves sand from a parking lot back to Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon, Mich. on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula and is blamed for creating hazardous road conditions. (Joel Bissell /Muskegon Chronicle via AP)

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