“Naming this plow helps with building cultural awareness between the state and tribal entities,” said Connor, a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and a MnDOT driver. “It’s ...

A van driver slammed into a highway construction lift inside a North Shore tunnel, sending one worker falling to the pavement and the other clinging for his life above, officials said. The incident ...

Dec. 18—Dear Answer Man: Recently, one of those mobile road signs on U.S. Highway 14 was asking for people to apply for the job of snowplow driver with MnDOT. Does MnDOT have enough drivers to ...

There's a new fleet of trainees coming out of Camp Ripley. "It's a big operation to get everybody up here," Rick Shomion with MnDOT said. No, they're not in the military. They're here to learn how ...

Andrew Kubista, MnDOT driver trainer says the simulator unit trains about 3,000 drivers each year, including 1700 MnDOT drivers. “On Monday, we are heading to district 2, which for us is Bemidji.

RELATED: Minnesota weather: Snow, wind making for messy roads What we know MnDOT initially advised drivers to stay off the roads in these far southwestern Minnesota counties, including ...

Northbound drivers can get off at 46th Street or at 3rd Street in downtown Minneapolis. At the outset, MnDOT was paying the State Patrol $100 an hour to guard the ramps, but it's not an option to ...

MnDOT partners with SDK to assess its support and training services, seeking input via surveys and focus groups.

MnDOT will host a drop-in open house from 5: ... Slow down, too, Barnard added. Drivers coming off eastbound Hwy. 10 at W. Main Street this winter have been traveling too fast and been surprised ...

MnDOT says each road section is expected to ... increase skid resistance and extend road life. Drivers can drive on a freshly sealed road after it has been swept. Drivers may notice that it ...

You may have heard of Betty Whiteout, Ctrl Salt Delete, Sleetwood Mac or Plowy McPlowface — past winners of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name a Snowplow Contest. And while the ...