INTERSTATE 35 RE-OPENS IN CENTRAL IOWA

INTERSTATE 35 HAS RE-OPENED FROM AMES TO ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA.

THE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 2PM BECAUSE OF ZERO VISIBILITY CAUSED BY A WINTER STORM.

THAT STORM RESULTED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS INCLUDING A 25 VEHICLE PILEUP THAT CLAIMED FOUR LIVES. AMONG THE DEAD WAS A WOMAN EXPECTING TWINS.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE FAIR ON THE HIGHWAY.

A SPOKESMAN WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS PLOWS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 35 AND INTERSTATE 80 AS WELL.

THAT HIGHWAY ALSO HAD STRETCHES BLOCKED BY JACKKNIFED SEMIS AND STRANDED VEHICLES.