TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – Winter returned, icing up Pool 6 behind the Trempealeau lock and dam. It was an incredible temperature drop from a Wednesday evening high in the upper 60s, ahead of the tornadic windstorm that ravaged the region that night. The next morning, within 12 hours, temperatures dropped 40-plus degrees into the 30s and clung on.
Crossing the marshlands. The five-mile straight stretch of Highway 35 between Trempealeau and Holmen spans Black River marshlands and swamps. It’s icing up a second time after an unusual thaw in the 60s. Image: Steve Lunde