MINNEAPOLIS — If you've tried to buy sidewalk salt this week only to find the store is out, you're not alone. Hardware stores across the metro are running low thanks to the recent cold spell ...

MINNEAPOLIS — If you're in search of sidewalk salt, you're going to have a tough time finding it. The winter weather hitting the Twin Cities has left walkways slippery and ice melt in short ...

With stores short on ice melt and sidewalk salt, here are some other products you can use to avoid slipping outside your home. To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app. Download the ...

Salt may seem harmless and a great way to melt ice, but a new movement is warning of its harmful impacts. advertisement. CBS Minnesota. How salt on the sidewalk affects our pets.

Of course, vinegar and kitchen salt are just for small areas, such as your front steps. If you need a larger area of coverage, try cat litter over an icy sidewalk, but make sure it is not the ...

MOLINE, Illinois -- For the last few days, people around the Quad Cities have been buying up as much ice-melt or salt as they can. With salt being in such high demand, stores are running out. "All ...

WAUKESHA -- Milk and bread often fly off the grocery store shelves when winter storms approach, but sidewalk salt was another hot item Monday, Feb. 11, with more snow moving into southeast Wisconsin.

The only difference is the size of salt flakes. We wouldn't recommend using all your table salt to melt the ice on your driveway because it'll be much more expensive than buying a bag of $10 ice melt.

One 12 ounce coffee cup full of salt is enough to cover about 10 sidewalk squares. There should be about 3 inches between salt granules. Be sure to sweep up any excess salt.