In all, the Fort Dodge area received anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of snow, according to Brad Fillbach, with the National Weather Service in Des Moines.

He added that, in isolated areas, that total may be higher.

“I think you need to go a little further north to get into the higher amounts,” Fillbach said.

The snow was expected to continue into Wednesday afternoon, which Fillbach said could add up to 2 more inches of snow.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen A vehicle almost disappears into the falling snow Wednesday afternoon as the driver heads towards Fort Dodge on Webster County Road P56 near the entrance to John F. Kennedy Memorial Park.

Scattered flurries are expected today, as well as winds between 10 and 15 miles per hour, with gusts of 25 miles per hour also likely.

But Fillbach said after that, the next several days will be dry.

In Fort Dodge, Public Works Director Merle Porter said crews were “working around the clock” to make sure streets were cleared.

He said city workers work 12-hour shifts, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. All that time was spent clearing the streets.

“We’re just keeping an eye on it,” Porter said of the snow.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen A group of old grain wagons provide the only color in an otherwise black and white environment Wednesday morning along Skillet Creek Avenue southeast of Dayton.

Webster County Engineer Randy Will said his work crews were out removing snow from the road as well.

“We’ve been both on the paved routes and on the gravel roads,” he said. “We did make a pass through the gravels within the hour and have a majority of gravels covered. Then we’ll completely do a run on all the pavement as best as we can.”

The biggest problem, Will said, was blowing snow, which was accumulating on some roads in the county.

“The driving public needs to know that we are aware of that,” Will said. “We’re doing the best we can.”

The snow led to many drivers choosing not to travel, according to Sgt. Dan Charlson of the Fort Dodge Police Department, who said there were very few people on the roads Wednesday.

In fact, Charlson said there was only one accident in town Wednesday; in that case, a driver didn’t stop at a stop sign and hit another car. Charlson said there was only minor damage in that accident.

“The crews have done a pretty good job cleaning the streets,” Charlson said. “And there’s minimal traffic with school being canceled. It’s pretty quiet.”

Rhonda Chambers, director of aviation for the Fort Dodge Regional Airport, said the weather did not lead to any flight cancellations.

“They’re a little bit delayed, but they have been coming in and out,” Chambers said. “We might be canceling the later one today (Wednesday). Because it’s delayed, they get so far behind sometimes. They might cancel the very last flight tonight.”

That decision is up to Air Choice One, the airline that operates out of Fort Dodge.

A few other counties reported weather-related incidents as well.

In Hamilton County, Sheriff Doug Timmons said there were a few vehicles in the ditch with a couple of semitrailer trucks going into them.

The east-west roads were the main problem.

“They’re either 100 percent snow, 100 percent ice or 100 percent both,” he said.

Two injury accidents were reported in Calhoun County, with one of them being handled by the Iowa State Patrol.

Kossuth County reported one minor accident and five cars in the ditch.

Sac County reported a few vehicles in the ditch.

And in Humboldt County, one rollover accident led to an unusual type of cleanup operation.

“The worst thing was a semi full of pigs that rolled over,” Humboldt County Deputy Cory Lampe said. “We spent from 3:30 (a.m.) till an hour ago (Wednesday afternoon) dealing with it.”

Lampe said the accident happened west of Humboldt High School on Wildcat Road.

Crews had to pull the loaded semi out of the ditch, then bring in an empty semi to load the remaining live pigs into.

“They transferred as many as they could,” Lampe said.

There were 153 pigs in the truck. About 24 of them died in the accident.