ROCHESTER, Minn. — With the season’s first serious snow still more than a week away, the state Transportation Department is spreading word that it’s short 20 part-time snowplow operators for its 11-county District 6. These on-call positions would fill staffing gaps, said spokesperson Michael Dougherty. Pay: $25 to $30 an hour. Contact. The District now has 200-plus drivers for its 101 plows — not quite enough.

District 6. 3,668 lane-miles of state highway.