Ian Leonard takes the Polar Plunge with Special Olympics Minnesota

Saturday marked the first Special Olympics Minnesota Polar Plunge of the season into White Bear Lake. Baxter the polar bear pup and FOX 9's Chief Meteorologist Ian Leonard as the can of Coca Cola. Ian plunged six times as Baxter watched/barked! Ian has six more plunge weekends into mid-March, freezing for his friends who make up the 8,000 athletes of Special Olympics Minnesota.

Ice Palace Maze unveiled for Wintertime in Stillwater festivities

The City of Stillwater is beginning 2022 with Wintertime in Stillwater, featuring the return of the famed Ice Palace Maze, complete with more than 775,000 pounds of ice, as well as, a 36-foot ice slide, and half a mile of frozen passages that light up at night.