When a storm sets in over the Riverbend, the yards and gravel lots that keep a working river town running still have to open by shift change. Stutz Excavating Inc puts heavy iron to that job — pushing snow off wide commercial ground, stacking it where it will not block a gate, keeping the approaches passable. Big lots are their own puzzle: you plan the pattern before the blade ever drops, or you spend the night fighting your own piles. There is something plain and good about a plowed acre at sunrise, not a tire track on it yet. Snow removal for Alton and the surrounding towns.