The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name-A-Snowplow contest is back, and the public continues to eat it up. “Five years and still going strong,” said MnDOT spokeswoman Anne Meyer. “We hear about it all year long.

On the second to last weekend before Christmas, a sloppy and slick storm will greet drivers in central and southern Minnesota.Waiting for its arrival will be a fleet of orange defenses."In District 7,

The Minnesota Department of Transportation's annual Name a Snowplow Contest is officially underway, with submissions being accepted until Friday, Dec. 20 at noon.

Submissions close on December 20 for the state of Minnesota , and in January once the list has been filtered through people can vote on the top eight names to represent each MnDOT district. Last year,

The contest offers the chance to submit ideas and eventually vote to pick eight winners — with the winning names going on plows in each of MnDOT’s eight districts.