Sterling Industries Inc

About Sterling Industries Inc

Traffic is thin on the roads around Brooking before six in the morning, but the lot behind the mill still needs to be clear when the first shift pulls in. Sterling Industries Inc runs the plows that keep that ground open — loading dock, employee lot, the gravel apron where trucks turn around — working in the dark so the day starts on schedule. Cold pools differently out here than it does in town, settling into the low ground near the creek bottoms while the ridges stay a few degrees warmer, so a lot clear at the top of the hill can still be glazed at the bottom. Knocking the ice back before sunrise means a truck doesn't spin its wheels backing up to the dock and a worker's boots find gravel instead of glass. Most of Brooking is still asleep when the gate opens for the day, the lot already scraped and salted behind it.