ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTY -
Depending where you live it was a snowy new year in West Michigan.
Several areas along the lakeshore got a fresh helping of lake effect snow and it won't stop anytime soon.
Heavy lake-effect snows are expected across portions of Southwest Lower Michigan, mainly across our lakeshore counties. All lakeshore counties, plus Cass, are under a Lake-Effect Snow Warning into the weekend.
Robert Vernon of Wolter's Towing spent his new year pulling cars out of the ditch.
"No snow on my car this morning," said Vernon. "But you've got six to eight inches in other places there."
The driver of an SUV went off the road south of Holland and hit a tree this morning after 11:00.
Vernon said they've been busy, mostly between Saugatuck and South Haven in the narrow band of lake effect snow.
Heading south down I-196, the snow Friday seemed to stop at South Haven.
"Actually the bank tends to blow the storms over us a lot," said South Haven area resident Terry Mason. "Makes them land about ten miles inland, so a lot of times we don't get as much here."
County dispatchers in Van Buren County reported the most accidents. They said there were a lot of slide-offs on I-94 and I-196, too numerous to count.
Several areas along the lakeshore got a fresh helping of lake effect snow and it won't stop anytime soon.
Heavy lake-effect snows are expected across portions of Southwest Lower Michigan, mainly across our lakeshore counties. All lakeshore counties, plus Cass, are under a Lake-Effect Snow Warning into the weekend.
Robert Vernon of Wolter's Towing spent his new year pulling cars out of the ditch.
"No snow on my car this morning," said Vernon. "But you've got six to eight inches in other places there."
The driver of an SUV went off the road south of Holland and hit a tree this morning after 11:00.
Vernon said they've been busy, mostly between Saugatuck and South Haven in the narrow band of lake effect snow.
Heading south down I-196, the snow Friday seemed to stop at South Haven.
"Actually the bank tends to blow the storms over us a lot," said South Haven area resident Terry Mason. "Makes them land about ten miles inland, so a lot of times we don't get as much here."
County dispatchers in Van Buren County reported the most accidents. They said there were a lot of slide-offs on I-94 and I-196, too numerous to count.
