Cold settles into the Illinois River valley and stays there, and some Chillicothe mornings the fog freezes onto everything it touches. Mowing and Snow Removal is out in that hour — plowing driveways, clearing walks and steps, laying salt on the slick pitches where the ridge streets tip down toward the water. Snow here arrives fast and sideways more often than it comes down gently, so the response has to match it. The aim is a clean surface underfoot before the first car door swings open. Hard winters are simply part of living up this stretch of the river, and the clearing gets done regardless.