First snow, then the cold: Arctic blast to run through the weekend

BEMIDJI—The first snowstorm of 2017 swept through the Bemidji area on Monday and early Tuesday, and bitter cold temperatures were left in its wake.

In all, the Bemidji area received about 6 inches of new snow, with some locations receiving more and some less in the past 24 hours, according to spotter reports on the National Weather Service website.

School was delayed two hours in Bemidji on Tuesday, as it was for most regional communities, and plows were out clearing city streets and rural highways and roads early, and residents were shoveling and plowing out the snow.

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