Lake County offices are closed Monday and drivers are asked to stay off the roads after a state of emergency was declared in response to heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures from a winter storm. The decision was made late Sunday by Lake County commissioners after lake-effect snow blanketed parts of county.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a proclamation Dec. 3 declaring a state of emergency in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lake counties in response to heavy accumulations of lake effect snow and

The Lake County Commissioners declared a State of Emergency in the response to the winter storm affecting the area.