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The National Weather Service reports that a freezing rain advisory remains in effect until 1 p.m. Sunday.

7:15 a.m.: State police and rescue personnel were enroute to northbound Interstate 75 near mile marker 137 for a crash with injuries.

After receiving several calls about crashes in the area, Michigan State Police are closing the northbound lanes at the Birch Run exit.

8:37 a.m.: Frankenmuth fire, police and Mobile Medical Response crews are headed to the 12000 block of East Curtis for a rollover crash with injuries.

8:51 a.m.: Buena Vista Township police and rescue crews are heading to Airport and Hess for a rollover crash involving injuries.

KALAMAZOO -- Ice was expected to fall from the sky overnight and Sunday morning, but is expected to melt by midday and the longer-range forecast is pointing to subzero temperatures and snow.

The National Weather Service at Grand Rapids issued a winter-weather advisory for all of southwestern Michigan Saturday, predicting freezing rain and drizzle overnight.

Up to 0.10 inch of glaze was predicted, with the most accumulation expected in counties along the Michigan-Indiana border.

The National Weather Service at Grand Rapids has issued freezing-rain advisories for all of southwest Michigan, with the glazing precipitation expected to begin accumulating in extreme southern Michigan and northern Indiana counties after 9 p.m. tonight.

By Sunday morning, weather experts are predicting up to a tenth of an inch of ice could accumulate on roads, trees and overhead utility wires, making driving potentially hazardous and opening the possibility for power outages.

A flood warning remains in effect through Sunday for the Grand River, but the worst appears to be over.

Scott Harmsen | Kalamazoo GazetteA cold snowy scene along Sand Creek in Alamo Township.

KALAMAZOO -- The two-week holiday period could end on the same slippery note with which it started: A winter storm that creates havoc on the roads.

Although the forecast calls for clear skies through much of Saturday, the National Weather Services says there's a 50 percent chance of snow, freezing rain and sleet developing Saturday night and continuing into Sunday.

But how long will it last?

Early winter blasts have given Saginaw County plowers an unexpected windfall, but the recession has some wondering if they'll get paid before the snow melts.

The National Weather Service in Detroit said December was one of the snowiest on record, dumping 39.1 inches -- 40.3 inches fell in 2000 -- on the Saginaw Valley, but Extreme Landscaping owner Eric Frey said he can't count his chickens before they hatch.

Melanie Sochan/The Saginaw NewsSteve M. Eleazer, 60, of Birch Run Township plows his driveway on Maple Road near Busch Road in Birch Run Township.

KALAMAZOO -- The two-week holiday period could end on the same slippery note with which it started: A winter storm that creates havoc on the roads.