and as the temperature drops here, a bad situation may well get worse. in blinding snow crews worked to pull a semi-tractor trailer from the red cedar river. one person was killed when the rig apparently skidded past a bridge and into the water. a stark example of the storm's danger. in minneapolis and st. paul, snow emergencies were declared by midday and accumulations inched toward a foot in the midwest's third snowstorm in the last two weeks. airport delays and cancellations were happening over a six-state region as the late winter storm arrived with heavy flakes and northerly winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. at the illinois department of transportation, the monitors lit up with word of stranded drivers as the snow fell at a rate of an inch an hour. on the city's west side, some of the department's 600 salt trucks were loading up and heading out.