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Time to prep your car for winter

The snowiest months in southeast Wisconsin are December and January, so now is the time to get cars ready for the winter. So far, November has been warm and relatively dry. Milwaukee has had 0.1 inches of snow this month, but the snowiest months in southeast Wisconsin are December and January. Before the first snowstorm... [Read More]

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