It's been a busy week for snow plow operators and the St. Cloud Public Works department. St. Cloud Public Services Director Tracy Hodel and St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis joined me on WJON.
The 13+ inches of snow that fell in St. Cloud this week forced many people to adjust and that includes the folks at Cathedral High School. Cathedral Activities Director Emmett Keenan joined me on WJON.
The more than a foot of snow in the St. Cloud area this week has caused residents to dig out driveways and sideways. St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis joined me on WJON. He says the city ordinance requires residents to clean off sidewalks within 24 hours of the completion of the snowfall event.
The snowfall Monday accelerated the transition from fall to winter for St. Cloud Public Works. Tracy Hodel is the Public Works Director for the city of St. Cloud. She says the plows were out this morning treating and clearing the roads.
Our record breaking snow this month has kept snowplow drivers and street crews very busy. St. Cloud Maintenance Supervisor Tom Zabinski says his staff has already put in over 1,800 hours of overtime in February.
A Minnesota man is facing criminal charges in Wisconsin after authorities say he never delivered on promised snow removal services for dozens of victims, many of them age 60 or older.
The snow that has buried parts of New England and left homeowners struggling with ice dams has created opportunities for Minnesota companies that melt ice off roofs but have found little work at home in their state's unusually mild winter.
Sartell Mayor Joe Perske appeared on the Morning News Watch with me today and he talked about many things including the problems with freezing water pipes in older neighborhoods in Sartell.
With the snow piling up on roofs, experts are encouraging homeowners to be proactive and remove the snow to prevent a roof collapse and also to prevent ice dams from forming.