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PEWAUKEE - Salt trucks and plows are working in Waukesha County, but just because they're doing their best to keep up with the snow in this current storm doesn't mean they'll be successful.

"The roads (were) not good," warned TODAY'S TMJ4 HD reporter Tom Murray in an early morning report.  He was driving while reporting live on Skype on TODAY"S TMJ4 HD.

Even after the morning commute, "the roads continue to be snow-covered, slippery and slow-moving.  Traffic at times on I-94 slowed to half the posted speed, moving at 35 to 40 miles (per hour) on the morning commute."

Waukesha County Sheriff's Detective Steve Pederson concurred in 620WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News."

"Minor accidents, people in the ditch, pretty much throughout the county," said Pederson.  "It's these pushes of rush hour this morning, and probably this afternoon, when things will get a little busier for us."

"When we made a decision, it was 5:00 a.m., and looking not too bad," said Waukesha Schools Superintendent Todd Gray on 620WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News.". 

"I got on the roads myself, and our main and a lot of our side roads were clear.  I think our plows did a good job of making things clear."

Murray gave a good look as to the conditions he saw in the early hours of Tuesday.

"The drive into Pewaukee from our station, the highway was nasty this morning. There was about one lane of I-94 that was open. The off-ramps in many cases had not been plowed yet. We had seen a semi off to the ditch just as we were getting into Waukesha County. The semi had gone off of I-94.

"When you see those kind of conditions on the highway, you know the side streets, even some of those main artery roads are not in good shape yet."

Cars were snow-covered with about 3"-4" inches on top of them at about 6:30 a.m.