From backwoods county highways to Milwaukee city streets, Wisconsin road crews will be using a new weapon in the war on winter accidents — cheese brine. Brine is a liquid cheese-making byproduct; if ...

People often salt slippery, winter roads to melt ice, making it safer to drive and walk on. Some counties in Wisconsin have been using cheese brine or a beet juice blend instead. Locals say these ...

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Cheese on the road?! This winter, the city of Milwaukee is looking to spread a little cheese brine on its roads to help clear ice from the roadways. Brine is basically salt and ...

Milwaukee's mayor the city is ready to do battle with snow no matter how much the city gets.On average, the cost is about $6 million a year for snow removal, but it has been as high as $14 million.The ...

As part of an initiative to find environmentally-friendly ways to solve the problem of icy roads, the city of Milwaukee, WI has turned to its most abundant natural byproduct: the town now slathers its ...

Milwaukee is trying out a new twist on winter road de-icing – a splash of cheese brine. The city spends on average $6 million, occasionally as much as $14 million, during a winter season to manage the ...

Life handed Wisconsin lemons, and Wisconsin has come right back with the cheesiest lemonade you ever did see. Instead of spending thousands of dollars to dispose of cheese brine every year, Wisconsin ...

Turns out there’s a use for the often-stinky liquid used to brine cheese — de-icing roads. Milwaukee is using cheese brine, usually a waste by-product of the cheese-making process, to de-ice the ...

DRESSER, Wisc. - Wisconsinites embrace winter almost as much as they love their cheese. It was only a matter of time until someone combined the two. "Only in Wisconsin," laughs Polk County plow driver ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) - A splash of beet juice, a dollop of molasses, a squeeze of cheese brine. In the coldest weather, the recipe for safer roads often goes beyond the usual sprinkling of salt.