The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it is prepared to deploy 800 snowplows across the state Tuesday into Wednesday.

MnDOT says “witty, unique and Minnesota — or winter-themed snowplow name ideas” can be submitted from now through noon Dec. 15 MnDOT plows clear snow from Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., ...

County staff will review submissions, with top ideas heading to a round of public voting in January 2026, when two winners ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Transportation's annual "Name a Snowplow" contest is back for its fourth year. MnDOT takes the submissions — usually fun, witty or winter-themed names — and ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name-A-Snowplow contest is back, and the public continues to eat it up. “Five years and still going strong,” said MnDOT spokeswoman Anne Meyer. “We hear ...

You may have heard of Betty Whiteout, Ctrl Salt Delete, Sleetwood Mac or Plowy McPlowface — past winners of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name a Snowplow Contest. And while the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Transportation on Tuesday released the 50 finalists for this year's Name a Snowplow contest. More than 7,300 names were submitted and whittled down to the ...

After the success last year of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” and the “Eras Tour” movie, it’s no surprise that two of the finalists in the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s “Name a Snowplow” ...

An election free from campaign speeches, rallies and partisan politics got underway Tuesday as the Minnesota Department of Transportation kicked off its fourth annual Name a Snowplow contest. Voters ...

There hasn’t been much snow for plows to clear this winter in Minnesota — but that won’t stop the annual “Name a Snowplow” contest. The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that ...