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O Brother, Where Art Plow? and the Rest of Minnesota's Name a Snowplow Winners This Year
Nearly 19,000 voters chose eight creative and pop-culture-inspired snowplow names for use across Minnesota's districts and the Twin Cities metro.
- On Tuesday, the Minnesota Department of Transportation unveiled eight winning snowplow names that will soon join the MnDOT fleet across the state.
- After receiving more than 67,500 entries in December 2025, MnDOT staff narrowed the submissions to 30 finalists earlier this month and nearly 19,000 voters cast ballots in February.
- The winning names, in order of vote totals, feature pun- and pop-culture entries such as Oh, For Sleet's Sake , Flurrious George , and Sled Zeppelin .
- The agency noted there are now 52 named snowplows and emphasized operator safety, highlighting more than 1,600 Minnesota snowplow operators who keep roads clear.
- You can view all 30 finalists at dot.state.mn.us/nameasnowplow, and MnDOT said the newly named plows will soon join the statewide fleet after nearly 19,000 voters participated.
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Chippewa Herald‘Oh, For Sleet’s Sake’: MnDOT names winners of its Name a Snowplow contest
Nearly 19,000 people cast votes in the annual contest started six years ago to bring levity to winter.
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‘Oh, For Sleet’s Sake’ tops MnDOT’s latest flurry of punny plow names
ST. PAUL — Eight Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplows are getting new names as the winners of the 2026 "Name a Snowplow" contest. MnDOT invited people to submit creative snowplow name ideas in December, and received more than 67,500 submissions, according to a news release. MnDOT staff narrowed those submissions to a list of 30 finalists. Nearly 19,000 voters cast a ballot in February to select the winning names, MnDOT said in the re…
·Cherokee County, United States
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