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Published February 29, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Wednesday's snowstorm in Duluth and Northland


Two Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplows come up Duluth's Fifth Avenue West before turning south of I-35. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • Two Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplows come up Duluth's Fifth Avenue West before turning south of I-35. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Charlie Vujcevic leaves the Spirit Valley Little Store after filling his snowmobile with gas. Vujcevic was happy to see the snow. “This is my first time out this year,” he said. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A Minnesota Power linesman cuts power to a high-voltage power line that came down along Duluth’s South Street Wednesday morning. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A Duluth firefighter examines a pickup truck that caught fire along South Street after a high-voltage power line (in the foreground) fall on it. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • UMD student Matt Uhen shovels out the end of his driveway along London Road Wednesday. He said it was “happy atmosphere” at the UMD library Tuesday evening when students learned there would be no school Wednesday. “It’s kind of a pain in the bottom now,” he said of the snow. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A pedestrian battles the snow Wednesday morning in Superior. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
  • Snow covers a stoplight in Superior on Wednesday morning. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
  • James Wise of Duluth, an MD in Gastroenterology at Essentia Health,  skis to work in Wednesday morning's blizzard. Luckily he had the wind at his back as he took the sidewalk along 4th Street. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • A Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow operates in whiteout conditions near Miller Hill Mall Wednesday morning. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)