MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Some schools in southern Minnesota will be closed Friday in anticipation of a winter storm forecast to sweep across the Upper Midwest.
School districts including Rochester, Austin and Fairmont already have called off classes.
After a string of record warm days, winter is expected to make a comeback, bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions to southern Minnesota through west-central Wisconsin Thursday night through Friday.
The National Weather Service says snowfall totals likely will exceed 12 inches from far southern Minnesota, including the Interstate 90 corridor, into western Wisconsin.
The state Department of Transportation is advising no travel Thursday night into Friday night in sections across southern Minnesota.
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