Forecasters have issued a winter storm warning for much of the tri-state area while cautioning that near-blizzard conditions could lead to difficult travel. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and Jones counties in Iowa; Crawford and Grant counties in Wisconsin and Jo Daviess County in Illinois. Iowa and Lafayette counties in Wisconsin are under a winter storm watch. The warning is in effect from 9 p.m. tonight through noon Saturday, according to the weather service.















