City, School Crews Win Battle with Snow and Ice

WAITSBURG – Thanks to plenty of cooperation and helping hands, roads, walks, and lots in Waitsburg stayed relatively safe during the recent weeks of icy, snowy weather.

At December’s Waitsburg School Board meeting Transportation Supervisor Colter Mohney expressed concern that the district didn’t have the manpower or equipment necessary to move and then deal with the unexpected amount of snow and ice that had already covered the school lots and sidewalks.

Mohney explained that more care is necessary to clean snow off gravel than asphalt in order to make sure the gravel doesn’t get torn up. And,...