Above-normal temperatures have permitted several maintenance projects by the City of Royal to either be completed or still done this winter.

With no snow to plow, city employees Sherman Nielsen and Lance Kruse have tackled tree trimming and removal at the site of a proposed street near the Great Hall of Royal. With trees removed there as well as at Memorial Park, stumps remain and Nielsen suggested they be taken out while the ground is dry and frozen.

“Stumps from those we cut last winter weren’t done in the summer,” Nielsen explained. “One tree at the Great Hall is a big one. We’...