County Highway Department helps rescue stranded motorists

  • Two motor graders equipped with v-plows continue to work Monday afternoon to open up a two-mile stretch of 12 Road just west of Aurora. The process had started at 7 a.m. and by 1:30 p.m. only a one lane track had been cleared.
    Two motor graders equipped with v-plows continue to work Monday afternoon to open up a two-mile stretch of 12 Road just west of Aurora. The process had started at 7 a.m. and by 1:30 p.m. only a one lane track had been cleared.

    With two major snowstorms within a week and more than 900 miles of county roads to keep open, Hamilton County Highway Department Supt. Jeremy Brandt was on his eighth day of work without a break Monday and with no clear end in sight. Although most of the snowfall ended on Saturday, winds at speeds of 20-30 mph have kept up non-stop blowing the icy snow back onto roads that had already been cl…