Dakota Seasonal Services

About Dakota Seasonal Services

Down at Keelboat Park, where the replica boat sits above the Missouri commemorating a much colder expedition than anyone plans for, the river usually starts skimming with ice long before the first real snowfall reaches Bismarck's streets. Dakota Seasonal Services times its shift by that same signal — when the water starts to go still at the edges, the trucks come out of storage and the blades go on. What the crew handles come November is the full range of a North Dakota turn: driveways, walkways, small commercial lots, whatever a household or a business needs cleared before the morning rush crosses downtown. The daylight gets short fast this far north, so plenty of that work happens in the dark, headlights bouncing off fresh snow instead of pavement. By the time the keelboat's replica hull is dusted white for the winter, the crew is already deep into the season's rhythm.