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for Interstate-90 and many highways in central South Dakota. There were numerous accidents along the interstate. Some snowfall amounts included, 7 inches at Browns Valley, 9 inches at Bryant, Webster, Wheaton, Artichoke Lake, and Tintah, 10 inches at Toronto, Roy Lake, Garden City, and Ortonville, 11 inches at Faulkton, 12 inches at Watertown, and 15 inches at Clear Lake.

1917: Frigid air dove well south into Florida. Low temperatures included 15 at Tallahassee, 16 at Jacksonville, and 27 at Miami. The thermometer never made it out of the 40s in Miami.

1987: Five inches of snow fell in just one hour in Philadelphia, PA as a huge East Coast storm strengthened rapidly.

1991: A black rain fell on eastern Turkey, as soot from Kuwait oil field fires mixed with precipitation.

1998: Florida's deadliest tornado took place around midnight when 25 people were killed near Kissimmee. The twister was part of a larger outbreak across central Florida that resulted in 42 fatalities.

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Summer Help Wanted

Applications for Baseball Coordinator, Coaches, Groundskeeper, Gatekeeper Concession Stand Manager, Concessions Workers; Swimming Pool Lifeguards;  Public Works Laborers; Cemetery Caretaker will be accepted until April 7 for the City of Groton.  Request application at City Hall, 209 N Main St, PO Box 587, Groton, SD  57445 or by calling 397-8422.  Equal opportunity employer and does

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