The Advek team plows parking lots at schools, churches and parks that don’t use salt, to create huge mounds of fresh snow.

More than a dozen people work for the Ottawa County Road Commission maintenance department who work whenever plow truck drivers do, making sure the trucks are in working order. “The hydraulic ...

"I can't remember the last time we got snow like that," said Sam Gressler, a plow truck driver. The recent storm brought long hours for Gressler and the 50 drivers operating county trucks.