Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... FITCHBURG — The city is about to get a lot more seasoned when it comes to winter road treatment. This year the Department of Public Works is rolling out a ...

Road salt can reduce car accidents on icy winter days. But it often doesn't stay on the road — and that runoff can harm aquatic life in rivers and lakes as well as damage plants and soil. The United ...

With winter’s cold, snow and ice settling in early this year, Wright County’s Highway Department is ready for the long season ahead — armed with a cost-cutting, eco-friendlier solution made in-house.

PEWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. — A regional study is showing the overuse of road salt in the wintertime is leading to rising chloride levels in lakes and streams in southeast Wisconsin. The Southeastern ...

A sidewalk on Indiana University's Bloomington campus with salt leftover from a recent winter storm. Kris Stepenuck said you can sweep up extra salt and save it for the next time you need it. The ...

The United States dumps about 21 million metric tons of salt on the roads every year. Road salt can reduce car accidents on icy winter days. But it often doesn’t stay on the road — and that runoff can ...