Greg Winkels News Today

Bay on this first alert weather day. The wet and windy conditions prompting a shutdown in the sunset district and nearby stern grove remains closed going back to a previous storm. The big weather headline is a monster snowstorm bearing down on the sierra and you been keeping an eye on this all week and the storm is finally here. Absolutely. On highway 50 as you drive up, you can see how much this will impact conditions, just getting on the roads, 5 to 7 feet in places like strawberry over to mye...

Sierra right now in what could be the strongest and coldest winter storm of the season. And experts are warning not to take any chances. Oh man, this is really exciting because we have not seen a storm like this in probably three years or so. Four maybe. Definitely a different tone for the ski company. The storm creating a blizzard boost. If you are going to bring a new police chief in, are they as good as or better than what you had . Its been a long waiting game in the search for oaklands next...

A major snow storm is expected to blanket the Sierra with some much needed snow this weekend. The National Weather Service is warning of the potential for blizzard-like conditions in the mountains much of Saturday, and Caltrans says travel on area roads could be “difficult to impossible."

Richard Gerard Winkels, 72, of Rock Dell, MN died unexpectedly on Sunday, March 13, 2022 after an apparent pulmonary embolism. He passed at home on his farm, while talking on the phone with a close friend. Paramedics were called immediately, but they were unable to revive him. Richard was born on December 1, 1949 in Rochester, MN to John and Mary (McCormick) Winkels and was raised in Rochester, MN. He graduated from Mayo High School in 1968 and Bemidji State University in 1972. He returned to Ro...