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Ice melt shortage prompts search for alternatives

Barb Bierman Batie
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 21, 2019 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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You know it has been a bad winter when you have to go to two businesses before you finally find a bag of ice melt and when you do, it is the last sack in stock.

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