Last week's winter storm, dubbed "Olive," dumped another 12.5-15" of snow in the Garretson area. The storm came in two bouts on Tuesday and Wednesday, and along with wind gusts that exceeded 45 miles per hour, the conditions made for near-impassable roads. School was called off for Wednesday and Thursday, and had a two-hour late start on Friday.
This has been a very snowy season, which started with heavy snow fall at the beginning of December and two blizzards before Christmas along with one right after New Year's Day. So far this season (November 1, 2022-Feb 27, 2022), meteorologists in Sioux Falls have counted 54.6 inches of snow.
The two days off school have made for 9 missed days since the beginning of December, though the final day of school has not yet been decided by the school board as some extra days had been built into the schedule.
