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Pre-Thanksgiving Snowstorm Buries Northwoods

Ben Meyer/WXPR

At its peak, more than 30,000 electric customers were without power in northern Wisconsin after the storm that swept through Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Snowfall across most of the region finally stopped Wednesday afternoon after a foot of accumulation.

Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport director Matthew Leitner began driving a snowplow himself at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning to clear the taxiway for a Delta flight.

“I really have to credit our crew at the airport, or operations crew.  They waged a Battle Royale with Mother Nature and reigned triumphant.  It’s a wonderful thing,” Leitner said.

The National Weather Service predicts more snowfall starting Friday and continuing through the weekend.

Ben worked as the Special Topics Correspondent at WXPR from September 2019 until November 2021. He now contributes occasionally to WXPR. During his full-time employment, his main focus was reporting on environment and natural resources issues in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of The Stream, a weekly series.
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