Drops more than 1 foot of snow on Wisconsin A large, fast-moving snowstorm closed sections of major highways on the Plains on Saturday and dumped more than a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest. Seven deaths were blamed on the weather, all in traffic accidents on slippery Wisconsin roads. Interstate 70, a major cross-country route, was closed for about 200 miles in both directions from just east of Denver to Colby, Kan., because of blowing snow and slippery pavement, according to Colorado and Kansas highway officials. Between Denver and the beginning of the highway closure, about 35 cars collided...