Pettis County officials sang the praises last week of area farmers who helped clear county roads and pulled more than one stranded motorist out of snow banks as record-setting snowfall blanketed the region.
As county road crews worked 16-hour shifts through the week, Pettis County Road and Bridge Supervisor Bret Manuel first noted the efforts by local farmers, telling The Democrat on Wednesday “each pass someone makes in a tractor, that is just that much less we have to move when we go through there.”
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