Downtown around the Polk County Courthouse empties out fast once the workday ends, and that's often when Wiges Outdoor Services gets its clearest run at the lots and walkways that were full of cars all afternoon. The crew plows and de-ices those civic-core surfaces after hours, working under streetlights rather than sunlight, then moves out to residential routes for the overnight and early-morning passes. Des Moines' downtown skyline holds heat a little longer than the surrounding neighborhoods, which sometimes means a lot clears easily downtown while the same storm has already packed hard on a shaded residential street a mile out — this crew adjusts for that difference rather than treating the whole city the same. Driveways get plowed, walkways cleared to the concrete, ice knocked back with a proper de-icing pass rather than a quick scattering of salt. It's a service built around the two different clocks a capital city keeps — the courthouse's business hours and the neighborhoods' early mornings.