City crews worked to continue cleaning up streets and sidewalks in Marshall on Tuesday, as a major winter storm wound down. Preliminary storm reports from the area showed around 8 to 10 inches of snow fell over the past three days, according to the National Weather Service.

MARSHALL — On Tuesday, the Marshall area was still digging out after a winter storm system came through southwest Minnesota. Slippery road conditions and areas of poor visibility were also posing a hazard to area motorists.

Lyon County had a “fair share” of traffic accidents on Monday and Tuesday, said Sheriff Eric Wallen. “We have had vehicles in the ditch, or vehicles that have gotten stuck,” he said. But there had been no serious injuries reported in those crashes, Wallen said.

Preliminary local storm reports on the National Weather Service website said a total of about 8 to 10 inches of snow fell in the Marshall area between March 24 and March 26. Observations from Marshall showed a three-day storm total of 8.5 inches of snow. A report from 2 miles southeast of Balaton observed a three-day total of 9.8 inches. Reports from further south, in Pipestone, Rock and Nobles Counties, had smaller snowfall totals.

As conditions changed during the course of the storm, the type of risks drivers faced also changed, Wallen said. Early on, the wet, heavy snow blanketing the region caused slushy roadways that could make vehicles harder to control, he said. Colder, windy conditions that picked up Monday night into Tuesday morning meant ice, drifts and reduced visibility instead.

The Sheriff’s Office responded to incidents of vehicles off the road along both U.S. Highway 59 and Minnesota Highway 19, as well as near Lynd, on Monday afternoon. Marshall Police also reported a vehicle that had gone off the road along East Lyon Street early Monday morning.

Responders including the Sheriff’s Office were called out to assist the Minnesota State Patrol at a crash involving a semi that had turned on its side along Highway 19 west of Marshall on Tuesday afternoon, Wallen said.

Crashes weren’t only a problem in Lyon County on Monday and Tuesday. Between 12 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, the State Patrol reported 24 crashes across the 13 counties in the southwest corner of the state. Of that total, two crashes involved injuries. In addition, there were 22 vehicles that ran off the road and needed assistance, and seven jackknifed semi trucks, the State Patrol said.

Conditions in the area will be clearer over the next couple of days, according to the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls. The forecast in the Marshall area is sunny on Wednesday and Thursday, with high temperatures in the 20s and low 30s. On Friday, there’s a slight chance for freezing rain and rain, with high temperatures in the 30s. The forecast says more rain and snow is likely for Sunday and into early next week.