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The city is asking for volunteers to fill sandbags today, Thursday, May 2. The operation is taking place at the Street Department maintenance facility at 701 Warren Barrett Drive.

For the 33rd year in a row Quincy has received the designation as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.

The Lewis County School District has been one of the hardest hit in our area this winter, with Clark, Knox and Marion County R-II coming in as close runners-up.

For much of this seemingly endless winter, Lewis Co. School Superintendent John French has woken up to his alarm trilling rudely at 4:00 a.m. He trudges out to travel snow-packed and treacherously icy roads to confirm what he already suspected. He has to call off school. Again. In fact, he's ha…

There have been several days this winter in which inclement weather has caused more than a few school cancellations. And area superintendents are getting pretty creative when it comes to making their big announcements each day.

After reviewing the options for replacement to heat the Y101 Radio studio, and there were many, it was decided to go with the unit pictured above.

This is the anniversary story regarding the monster blizzard and snowfall that occurred 8 years ago. It was one of the biggest snowfalls to ever hit the area.

How cold is it? It's so cold, The Green Bay Wisconsin Police Department has officially banned all criminal activity. You read that right. According to the department's Facebook page, crime is banned until further notice.

With the Tri-States in a deep freeze right now, most of use are staying in and bundling up. If you're at home and start hearing loud noises or popping sounds that sound like someone is firing a gun or breaking into your home, it's not. the sound you are hearing is known as Frost Quakes.

We’re currently amidst a wind chill advisory, which I had honestly forgotten was a thing. If you don’t know that by now, I’m sorry you had to find out this way. Temperatures this morning in Quincy felt like 40 below zero. Not to say that the actual temps of 10 below were that mu…