For 17 years in a row, Cottage Grove resident Richard Huerta has braved single digit temperatures, dangerous wind chills, overly bright reflected sunlight, and the camaraderie of close friends to participate in the annual Chilly Open on Wayzata Bay on Lake Minnetonka. Saturday morning Feb. 11, started out at about nine degrees above zero but Huerta and Team Jamonia were not deterred.

A flying pig decorates a fairway at the Orono Lions 25th annual 'Snowball Open' at Nelson Park held Saturday, Jan. 28, on Long Lake.