Facing warmest winter on record, Minnesota forced to pivot on recreation offerings myaustinminnesota.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from myaustinminnesota.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Minnesota's mild winter has already produced the warmest December and ninth least-snowy season on record. It's also wreaked havoc on the metro area's usually bustling series of ice- and show-themed festivals and community gatherings. Some have retooled offerings to adjust for the lack of snow or postponed in hopes of an arctic turn down the line. Here's a list of the local winter programming .
Winter festivals iced: These Minnesota events have been canceled, postponed or altered by warm weather startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When longtime ice carver Terry Reis returned to Rice Park on Friday morning, he found that about an inch of ice had melted off the sculpture his team had begun carving the night before, he said.