DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – It’s about to get very difficult to travel on Highway 34 between Detroit Lakes and Osage. A major road construction project is set to begin on June 5. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says travelers along the heavily-used highway can expect detours, lane closures, delays, flaggers and pilot cars. Portions of Highway 34 will be…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has already declared a peacetime emergency and authorized the National Guard to provide emergency relief services for stranded motorists. Walz says Minnesotans have a part to play: Plan ahead, drive safe, and limit travel. MnDOT has more than 800 snowplows and 1,600 snowplow drivers across the state that will be working day…
BLIZZO SUPREMACY ❄️❄️❄️ thank you MN #blizzo pic.twitter.com/IIIMBX7t3r — FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) February 12, 2023 Music superstar Lizzo is super excited that a snowplow has been named in her honor in Minnesota. She posted a video to social media after “Blizzo” was named one of eight winners in MnDOT’s “Name a Snowplow” contest. “Of all the awards I have received,…
The 2023 MnDOT Name a Snowplow names are official. After the nearly 64,000 votes were tallied these are the eight winners. A plow in District 2 which covers northwest Minnesota will be named “Blader Tot Hotdish”. In west central Minnesotas District 4 the winner is “Sleetwood Mac”. Other district winning names are “Blizzo”, “Clearopathra”, “Better Call Salt”, “Scoop! There it…
SHOREVIEW, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A driver who got out of his car after sliding into the median along a Twin Cities freeway is sent airborne when another car slid off the slippery road and hit his car. Take a look at the entire incident caught on a MNDOT traffic camera. The crash happened on I-694 in Shoreview. After being thrown…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — New names for eight snowplows across Minnesota are up for grabs. More than 10,000 names were suggested, but the number of names got narrowed down to sixty. The activity is enjoyable, but choosing your names this year may be more difficult. “It’s just kinda a fun activity, we have a little more names to choose from this…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — With temperatures warming up, experts say expect much of the ice to come off roads by the end of the week. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says maintenance crews quickly began working on Interstate 94 and Highway 10 as it started to warm up overnight. They’re using motor graders to help break the ice as crews continue…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Some people are speaking out against special assessments for Moorhead’s largest single infrastructure project: the Southeast Main Avenue/20th/21st Streets underpass. The city has a $7.5 million dollar bond for the $76.5 million dollar project. Two percent, or $1.5 million dollars, will be paid through special assessments in the specified district. For a lot one acre or…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — MnDOT wants your help naming the new U.S. Bike Route 20. The 188-mile long route connects Moorhead to St. Cloud. The name options include: Glacial Lakes Bicycle Route, Prairie Lakes Bicycle Route, MiddleSota Bicycle Route, Rivers to Prairies Bicycle Route or Towns and Fields Bicycle Route. They all highlight geographic features along the bike route. Voting…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation answers questions and gets concerns from people in Moorhead on the 11th Street underpass and reconstruction of Highways 10 and 75. The underpass project includes Americans With Disabilities Act approved pedestrian accessibility improvements, updating utilities and signals. Construction is set to begin next year and end in 2025. The Highways 10…
