Nathan Countryman | Staff photo
Mother Nature wasn’t ready to let the spring equinox tell her snow should no longer be in the forecast. Linn County, including Mount Vernon and Lisbon, had a winter weather warning administered Friday, March 22, as a storm dumped several inches of wet snow in the area. Roads were completely covered with snow as of 8:30 a.m., and snow emergencies were declared in Mount Vernon and Lisbon communities to help city crews clean up city streets. Several vehicles, including this Sysco semi (whom Jimmie Daugherty of Bigs BBQ tried to help clear snow out around some of the tires) got stuck on some of the wet snow throughout the morning, and crashes happened in the community as well. Area schools were not delayed or let out early due to the storm, and much of the heavy snow was melting by Friday afternoon.