A frigid swim is set to take place at Tony Schmidt Regional Park in Arden Hills this weekend. The inaugural MN Ice Swim, a competitive race through a "pool" cut into the ice of Lake Johanna, will take ...

The inaugural "Ice Swim" at Lake Johanna in Arden Hills has winter water enthusiasts ready for the thrill of the chill. What the ice swim is not, explains Race Director and Founder Nick Tamble. "I'm ...

Estonian swimmer Merle Liivand kicks through the waters of Lake Johanna in Arden Hills, Minn., during the inaugural MN Ice Swim on Feb. 22.

Sharon Prahl was 21 when death nearly took her. She was biking cross-country with a friend in 1986 when she hit a rough patch and flipped her bike, fracturing her skull and injuring her spine. In the ...