winter

Officials at Ice Castles LLC announced this week that they are bringing back the much-beloved frozen works of art this winter to the Geneva National Resort, just west of Lake Geneva.

I know what you're saying. "Why, that just can't be right! When has it ever been both cold and snowy in Rockford during the winter?" Stunning as it seems, we do sometimes get both.

I know, you were really looking forward to grabbing your shovel or trying to fire up a reluctant snowblower, but Mother Nature can be fickle.

Could a warm Christmas in Rockford be a sneak preview of a mild winter?

Granted, it's pretty hard to get a deadly avalanche going through cornfields.

If you had more pressing issues to deal with on a Saturday morning than whether or not a sleep-deprived rodent with depth perception difficulties detected an upcoming pressure system change, here's what happened.

An escaped St. Bernard was found alive, although decidedly worse for wear, after 17 days lost outside in freezing-cold Minnesota weather.

Sure, having a daytime high temperature of 10 degrees with a windchill (or, "feels like") of 13 degrees below zero is unpleasant--but we've had it much worse.

Severe and punishing weather changes are ahead for Illinois, that may last up to six to eight weeks, thanks to a fracture in the Polar Vortex

Obviously, this kid never watched the movie. And if you want proof that it happened, there's police dispatch audio.