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Registration now open for 2013 Polar Bear Plunge

WILLMAR -- Registration is now open for the 2013 Willmar/Spicer Polar Bear Plunge, presented by Minnesota law enforcement to benefit Special Olympics Minnesota. The Willmar/Spicer Plunge will be at 1...

news / local Sat, Nov 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Polar Plunges raise $2.85M

SPICER -- Polar Plunge events this year raised a record $2.85 million for Minnesota Special Olympics. More than 14,000 people participated in 17 events and raised money by accepting the...

news / local Sat, Mar 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Polar Plunges raised $2.85 million

Polar Plunge events this year raised a record $2.85 million for Minnesota Special Olympics. More than 14,000 people participated in 17 events and raised money by accepting the challenge to...

news / news / local Fri, Mar 23, 2012 - 12:08pm

West Central Dairy Princesses Brenda Hinseth, left, and Julie Gatewood take the big plunge Saturday into the icy water of Green Lake in Spicer during the eighth annual event to raise money for the Special Olympics. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

2012 Polar Plunge in Spicer, Minn., sets record for participants, funds (video)

WILLMAR -- More people participated and more money was raised in the 2012 Willmar-Spicer Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics on Saturday at Green Lake in Spicer, announced the Willmar...

news / local Mon, Jan 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Megan Knigge, a nursing student at Ridgewater College, who jumped on behalf of GlenOaks Senior Living Campus in New London. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

More than 300 people set new record for Polar Bear Plunge on Green Lake

According to an official release, 313 people jumped Saturday into the frigid waters of Green Lake during the Polar Bear Plunge, raising a new record of $62,229 for Special Olympics...

news / local / life Mon, Jan 31, 2011 - 12:00am

Polar plungers raise nearly $46K

WILLMAR -- The 2010 Willmar-Spicer Polar Bear Plunge has raised more than $45,000 according to preliminary figures. According to a news release from the Willmar Police Department and Kandiyohi County...

news / local / region Tue, Feb 02, 2010 - 12:00am

Julia Prentice, left, and Warren Hagen take the "Polar Bear Plunge" on Saturday at Green Lake in Spicer. Plungers, who round up pledges to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota, often wear costumes for the occasion. More than 250 plungers took the bone-chilling dip Saturday for the 13th annual event, held in conjunction with Spicer's Winterfest. The fundraiser is organized by area law enforcement ment agencies. According to Special Olympics Minnesota, last year's event raised more than $33,000. Trib...

Polar Bear Plunge

news / local / region Mon, Feb 01, 2010 - 12:00am

Tribune photo by Bill Zimmer
Lighting of the 2009 Spicer Ice Castle is set for 7 p.m. Saturday.

Spicer embraces the season with WinterFest 2009

If the winter weather hasn't gotten west central Minnesotans down yet, then they might as well head to Spicer this weekend for its annual WinterFest festivities. WinterFest 2009 started last...

news Thu, Jan 22, 2009 - 12:00am

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