The first winning photo -- taken by photographer Liz Banfield and posted last week to the Keep the North Cold account -- features synchronized skaters performing a routine on Lake of the Isles.
The Saint Paul Saints, Visit St. Paul and City of St. Paul are inviting one and all this winter season to come enjoy Destination Winter St. Paul at CHS Field.
Ring in the new year with lots of fun family friendly events happening this weekend around central Minnesota. Rock out to Christmas songs at the Rock & Roll Xmas Spectacular, party New Year's Eve with Collective Unconscious or Deuces Wild, go for a candlelight hike in Little Falls, or simply take the kids ice skating in Sauk Rapids. Read more in The Weekender!
The ice on Lake George is frozen solid, and folks are lacing up their skates. Reporter Abby Faulkner stopped by to see the sights.
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