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ALTON - Area schools were closed Monday and Tuesday and many businesses also shut down early in the first major snowfall even with winter officially not here.
Winter officially begins Saturday, Dec. 21.
Many youths pulled out their sleds, made snowmen and tossed snowballs throughout the area over the two-day storm.
The rest of the week, temps will rise and the snow will melt. Today there will be a high of only 32 degrees and low of 19 degrees, but Thursday, there will be a high predicted of 43 degrees Friday, 46 degrees Saturday and 50 degrees Sunday.Dan Brannan also contributed to this story.
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