polar plunge

This is the weekend we'd normally be plunging to help Special Olympics. It'll still happen, but not 'til...

The wonderful time of year when people will willingly jump into a cold lake, no matter the air temperature, in order to help raise money for Special Olympics of Minnesota.

It was quite disappointing to learn that the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics of Minnesota was not going to return to Owatonna. We have been there every year it was offered, and my daughter went "freezin for a reason" each year

The results are in, and they are amazing.

The water at Foster Arend Park was about 20-degrees warmer than the air for the over 1000 participants in the 2018 Rochester Polar Plunge.

About 130 people jumped into Lake Kohlmier in Owatonna Saturday to benefit Special Olympics Minnesota. Several were taking the leap for the first time. But for many this an annual tradition. For Olmsted County Sheriff Kevin Torgerson it was his 136th plunge. Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele joined him to open the event with his seventh such plunge. Thiele will join Torgerson again for the Polar Plunge in Rochester February 9-10.

Pictures of the Polar Plunge from January 27th, 2018.

Coming up on January 27th in Owatonna there will be a Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Lake Kohlmeier!

That's right, the The Polar Plunge is coming, and it will be here before we know it.

It's almost time to take the annual leap into frigid waters to help thousands of Special Olympics athletes across the state. For the third straight year Owatonna hosts a plunge.