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‘Bozo the Plown’ Leads List of Winners in Chicago’s Snowplow Naming Contest

The votes have been tallied and for the second year in a row, a legendary figure from WGN-TV has topped the list of winners in Chicago’s snowplow naming contest.

Give it up for Bozo the Plown, a punning tribute to the classic children’s TV clown and star of WGN’s long-running “The Bozo Show.” In 2024, Tom Skilling, WGN’s now-retired chief meteorologist, was honored with the snowplow Skilling It.

Here are the other winners in 2025, announced Tuesday by the Department of Streets and Sanitation:

— Lollaplowlooza

— My Kind of Plow

— Snower Wacker

— Scoop, There It Is!

— Bean There, Plowed That

According to Streets and Sanitation, thousands of people voted in the contest, now in its third year. The slate of 50 finalists was released Jan. 10.

In the coming weeks, signage for the winning names will be installed on one snowplow in each of the city’s six snow districts. While it hasn’t be a particularly snowy winter in Chicago, there’s still plenty of time for Bozo, Scoop and friends to see action.

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