Meet one of the drivers who clears snow off Twin Cities highways

One hundred and fifty miles and 12 hours a shift. That’s what Maggie Faris drives, sometimes every day of winter, if the snow keeps falling.

“And that’s Mother Nature’s choice when we’re done,” she said.

Faris is a transportation generalist with the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Her job involves routine maintenance on roads, but during the winter, she mans the wheel of one of the many snowplows across the state…

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