| Snowstorm rolls through Midwest - Washington Post Mar 5th 2013, 19:45 March 5, 2013 A snowplow navigates around parked cars during a snowstorm in Dubuque, Iowa. Dave Kettering / AP Related Content 
March 5, 2013 Pedestrians cross Main Street during a snowstorm in Dubuque, Iowa. Dave Kettering / AP 
March 5, 2013 Kevin Anderson trudges through the snow on his way home from work in Dubuque, Iowa. "This will be the biggest widespread storm of the winter," National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley said. Jessica Reilly / AP 
March 5, 2013 A parks department employee from the Mason City, Iowa, clears several inches of new snow from the trails in East Park. A second round of snow fell overnight in the area after several inches that fell Sunday night and Monday morning. Jeff Heinz / AP 
March 5, 2013 Jim, left, and Chris Ricci shovel their driveway in South Beloit, Ill., while their dog gets some exercise running around in the snow. Amy J. Correnti / AP 
March 5, 2013 Mike Flynn shovels snow in Minneapolis as a winter storm dumped snow on much of Minnesota. Tens of thousands of students in the city got a day off Tuesday as the second day of a slow-moving snowstorm made travel difficult across much of the region. Jim Mone / AP 
March 5, 2013 Two men clear snow in Minneapolis. The storm started Sunday in Montana, hit the Dakotas and Minnesota on Monday and then barreled through Wisconsin and Illinois. Jim Mone / AP 
March 5, 2013 Workers remove snow from cars at an auto dealership in Bloomington, Minn. Jim Mone / AP 
March 5, 2013 Mike Flynn shovels snow to help free Dora Rojas's car after it got stuck while turning into an alley in Minneapolis. Jim Mone / AP 
March 5, 2013 A Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow rumbles along Highway 169 north of Mankato, Minn., clearing some of the heavy snow that prompted the shutdown of schools and created hazardous driving conditions across much of the state. John Cross / AP 
March 5, 2013 Commuters make their way through downtown Chicago. The city was hit Tuesday by a storm expected to dump as much as 10 inches of snow in the area before the end of the day — the most since the 2011 blizzard and its more than 20 inches of snow. Kiichiro Sato / AP 
March 5, 2013 Commuters walk during a snowstorm as they arrive in downtown Chicago. Kiichiro Sato / AP 
March 4, 2013 Maury Lawson drags his suitcase through the snow in Fargo, N.D., on his way to a bus depot. Michael Vosburg / AP 
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