Travel is now being marked as NOT ADVISED across the Des Moines metropolitan area and to points northeast into Ames, Eldora, Hampton, Waverly, and Waterloo with many roads being completely covered with snow across the northern three-fourths of the state. Please do not travel this evening unless it is an emergency – many tow bans are in effect and first responders will be putting their own lives at stake to come to your assistance in a case of an accident.