Regardless of the severity of a winter storm, the American Red Cross wants people in Wisconsin to be prepared and to remain safe

The winter storm is coming to an end, but the winds will stay strong. For that reason more blowing and drifting of snow will happen the rest of tonight.

Speculation gas prices could plunge to three dollars by the holidays.

State officials are reminding homeowners that heating assistance is available to those struggling with energy bills, but this year the state is giving out less money per household as the federal government tightens it’s grip.

On Sunday, Northwest Region State Patrol troopers responded to nearly 160 run-offs, including 17 property damage crashes and a total of four injury related crashes.

The residential plowing is anticipated to be completed between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

The City of Eau Claire received 14.7 inches of snow on Sunday and overnight into early Monday morning. The 86 miles of primary streets have been plowed to full width and were in fair winter driving condition with wet pavement and snow covered sections as of 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning.

With winter weather starting to come our way, a local community has some new tricks ready to beat Old Man Winter’s slick roads.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also reports the forecast for the first few weeks of December likely will mean snowplow drivers in southern Wisconsin won't have much snow to move.

Many people hit the roads on Friday. Whether it be for work, heading home from Thanksgiving, or hitting up all the Black Friday deals at area stores. No matter the case...the weather was not your friend. A combination of snow, driving winds, and cold temperatures has officially ushered in the beginning of the winter driving season.

Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country.

For the second consecutive year, Thanksgiving Day will feel spring-like, with another day of unseasonably mild air. The record high of 59 degrees set back in 1913, is in jeopardy before a strong cold front arrives later in the day..

A seminar on Wednesday will help businesses in the Chippewa Valley prepare for any disaster or severe weather no matter the time of year.

Falling temperatures on Sunday put more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

More New Yorkers awoke Saturday morning to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region, and those whose lights were back on celebrated it, but patience was wearing thin among those in the region who had been without power for most of the week.

The U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly update posted Thursday shows that 60 percent of the land in the lower 48 states is experiencing some degree of drought as of Tuesday.

Hurricane Sandy hit land Monday afternoon and has started to wreak havoc across the North-East. Already disaster teams are have deployed to the coast to help those in need, and more will soon be on their way.

Local power companies are sending crews out east to help out getting power turned back onto millions of people who are without power due to Sandy.

Cargo shipping on the Great Lakes is at a standstill as crews have taken refuge from waves up to 20 feet high churned up by superstorm Sandy.

The storm will end up causing about $20 billion in damages and an additional $10 billion to $30 billion in lost business activity, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm.

Although it is getting weaker as it goes, forecasters still expect it to bring heavy rain and flooding.

The national average for a gallon of regular fell by about a penny on Tuesday, to $3.53. That's more than 11 cents lower than a week ago. The futures price of gasoline fell a penny to $2.63.

Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without power, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain.

The flight-tracking service FlightAware says more than 6,000 flights were canceled on Tuesday, bringing the total to more than 15,000 canceled across the Northeast over two days.

The commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams, said Tuesday that she and her crew were able to make out the big swirl at the center of Sandy as it neared land Monday.