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Weather Continued cold today with a high of -5. Low -6. Warmer Wednesday. Page A8 Angola, Indiana
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Big Chill, Snow of 2014
GOOD MORNING Snow stifles public meetings, classes Three Steuben County public meetings were canceled Monday because of the snow. Canceled meetings included the Steuben County Commissioners, Angola Board of Public Works and Angola Common Council. It is not known when those meetings will be made up. In addition, Steuben County public schools remain closed today.
City snow removal order still in place ANGOLA — Angola continues to have a snow removal order in place. Residents are asked to move vehicles so plows can remove snow. Vehicles not moved after 24 hours will be red-tagged. After another 24 hours, red-tagged vehicles will be impounded at the owner’s expense. The ordinance is enacted after 4 inches of snow has fallen. For more details, call the Angola Police Department at 665-2121.
RISE Inc. will not offer transportation ANGOLA — RISE Inc. will not offer transportation to clients today, Denise Kreais, executive director, said Monday. RISE serves developmentally disabled clients in Steuben and DeKalb counties. Kreais said if the snow emergency remains in place today, RISE’s Angola workshop will remain closed.
Cameron schedule still adjusting due to winter weather ANGOLA — In light of the emergency weather conditions, Cameron Memorial Community Hospital announces these updates to care. Urgent Care will reopen today. Outpatient services for the Rehab Center will be closed today. All outpatient appointments for Imaging Services are canceled. Rehab and Imaging Services will still be available for inpatients and for those arriving in the Emergency Department.
After awakening to a 4-foot drift out the back door and similar drifts out the garage door, Gary Johnston decided to try and clear the house entries of the drifts and knee deep snow at Clear Lake Monday morning. Bitter temperatures prevented him from spending much time outdoors.
JUDY OXENGER JOHNSTON
Steuben like a ghost town “We used to go to work like this. I’m nice and warm and got my jammies on, hoodie, my Angola scarf. I’m nice and cozy.”
Most residents heed warnings to stay off roads in emergency BY JENNIFER DECKER jdecker@kpcmedia.com
ANGOLA — Penny Burlaw insisted she was OK and toasty while all bundled up as she pulled a sled to work on Public Square Monday morning. Burlaw started out about 3 1/2 hours early trudging to her GOV. PENCE places job at a North Wayne Street three local restaurant, a couple miles counties away. “We used to go to work like in state of emergency this,” she said. “I’m nice and warm and got my jammies on, due to storm. SEE hoodie, my Angola scarf. I’m PAGE A2. nice and cozy.” Burlaw was about the only sign of life around the city Monday morning, other than snow plows rumbling about town. The winter storm, known as Ion, blanketed northeastern Indiana with about 1 foot of snow. The snow was coupled with dangerously low Arctic temperatures and strong wind. Steuben County has snow emergency warnings in place indefinitely. Those traveling SEE STORM, PAGE A8
Penny Burlaw Angola woman, walking to work
• Area snowfall totals Below are snowfall totals for communities in the four-county area of northeast Indiana with weather observers reporting to the National Weather Service. The data is snowfall for the 24-hour period ending Monday at 9 a.m. The Kendallville total is from WANE-TV.
JENNIFER DECKER
All the snow didn’t stop Penny Burlaw Monday, as she pulled her sled to work a few miles away to her job at a North Wayne Street restaurant.
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Eli Lopez, of New Bedford, Mass., rests his feet on his luggage while taking a nap after his flight to Puerto Rico was canceled, at Logan International Airport, Monday in Boston. Heavy rains in the East
and sub-zero temperatures in the Midwest created havoc for airlines and travel plans. Lopez said he was rebooked on a flight Thursday.
Polar vortex freezes country MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Frigid, dense air swirled across much of the U.S. on Monday, forcing some cities and their residents into hibernation while others layered up and carried on despite a dangerous cold that broke decades-old records. Wind chill warnings stretched from Montana to Alabama. For a big chunk
of the Midwest, the subzero temperatures moved in behind another winter wallop: more than a foot of snow and high winds that made traveling treacherous. Officials closed schools in cities including Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee and warned residents to stay indoors and avoid the frigid cold altogether.
The forecast is extreme: Wind chills were expected to drop as low as negative 55 Monday night in International Falls, Minn., and rebound to minus 25 to minus 35 on Tuesday. Farther south, the wind chill is expected to hit negative 50 in Chicago and minus 35 in Detroit. School systems and day SEE FRIGID, PAGE A8
FREMONT — Cold weather created problems with hoses freezing up as Fremont firefighters battled a house fire that caused $20,000 in damage Monday. Todd Johnson, public information officer for the Fremont Fire Department, said crews were dispatched at 10:19 a.m. to a home owned by Steven Stetler, 359 N C.R. 750E. Johnson said the fire was ruled accidental and was caused by a wood stove starting in the garage. It spread through the living room wall. Stetler was home during the incident. There were no injuries. The fire was declared under control at 11:09 a.m. Johnson said one engine had to be sent back to town because its equipment had frozen. Temperatures at the time were about 7 below zero. Assisting Fremont was departments from Montgomery, Mich.; Ohio’s Northwest Township; Fremont Street and Water departments; Steuben County Highway Department; Steuben County Sheriff’s Department; Fremont Police; Steuben County Emergency Management; Steuben County Communications and Steuben County Rural Electric Membership Corp. The Orland Fire Department was on standby at Fremont’s Fire Hall.