George "Iceberg" Miller finds daily cold-weather jumps into Lake Michigan help overcome fear and kick start his happy ...

Snow fell on Marshall County late Friday and Saturday while temperatures dropped into the polar zone. Early Sunday was ...

Museum hosts Burmese history, culture celebration event in Battle Creek The Battle Creek Regional History Museum hosted an event to celebrate Burmese history on Saturday. Photos: Another snow-chilled ...

The new year arrived windy and freezing in Brooklyn, but bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. After a few years of ...

It’s 11 a.m. on the first morning of 2026 in Birch Bay, Washington. There’s a sharp chill in the air. Driving down Birch Bay Drive, sporadic groups of people wrapped in towels, robes and sweatshirt ...

The stormy start to 2026 didn't stop people from getting in their shorts and swimsuits and plunging into the ocean at the Avila Beach Polar Bear Plunge. The annual tradition held on New Year's Day is ...

DOOR COUNTY (NBC 26) — On the Door County Peninsula, what started as a simple idea decades ago is now an annual tradition in Jacksonport. At the Jacksonport Annual Polar Bear Club Plunge on New Year’s ...

BIRCH BAY — Thousands of community members from across the region, and some from across the country, crowded the Birch Bay waterfront on New Year’s Day to take part in a potentially world ...

While many opted to welcome 2026 by relaxing at home, some 1,800 courageous souls dipped themselves in frigid Lake Washington on Thursday at Matthews Beach Park for the 23 rd annual Polar Bear Plunge.