Overview
- Nearly 19,000 ballots were cast in February to select the winners from 30 agency-curated finalists.
- The eight names and districts are: Oh, For Sleet's Sake (District 3); Flurrious George (District 6); Sled Zeppelin (District 2); K Pop Blizzard Hunter (District 8); Minne-Snow-ta (District 1); Every Day I'm Shovelin' (District 7); O Brother, Where Art Plow? (District 4); The Life of a Snowgirl (Metro).
- This marks the contest's sixth year, with one winner assigned to each of MnDOT's eight districts.
- Reports diverge on total submissions, with some citing more than 6,700 entries and others more than 67,000, a discrepancy not resolved in the announcements.
- MnDOT now counts 52 named snowplows within a statewide fleet of roughly 800, as Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger thanked participants and highlighted operator safety.