The Ole Café closed on Feb. 20, the same day southern MN got hit with a big snowstorm. I noticed yesterday that the sidewalk in front of the store…
Tag: <span>snow removal</span>
I asked regular LoGro commenter John George to send me pictures of his fancy snow blower. He finally complied and wrote: It takes a 30" swath and is powered…
The City of Northfield’s snow-related web page has maps to indicate which sidewalks and trails get cleared of snow by city staff. See the Downtown walk plowing routes map and…
I noticed that it was mainly trucks from Thiele Trucking of Owatonna hauling downtown snow to Babcock Park yesterday morning. A separate contract is awarded each year for the plowing of the nine City parking lots. Evidently City workers and City-owned equipment are used for everything else snow-related.
When we first moved to Northfield in the mid-70s, garbage-hauling was done by City workers using City-owned trucks. At some point, a decision was made to contract it all out to Waste Management. Updated Jan. 5, 7 pm: Not true. See comment #5 below by Dave DeLong and my following comment.
In September, Chicago Mayor Richard Daly considered using private snowplow drivers for city’s side streets: