About 50 brave souls rang in the new year Wednesday by wading into a chilly creek at Valley View Park. The 15th annual Polar Bear Plunge was a fundraiser for the Pine Creek Trout Nursery.

On New Year’s Day, thousands of people headed to the beaches for Flora-Bama’s 40th annual Polar Bear Dip to ring in 2025. Family, officials speak out after 3 killed in Mississippi gas station robbery Many participants dressed in crazy costumes before taking the plunge.

: A group of hardy souls make an exuberant leap off a dock during the Polar Bear Plunge Monday, Jan. 1, 2020, at the Point Defiance Marina boat launch. Dozens of participants braved the cold waters, saying the annual event is a way to cleanse the soul,

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Hundreds of people jumped into freezing cold water along the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh on New Year's Day, all for a good cause. For hundreds, it's a New Year's Day tradition to take the big jump into the cold Monongahela River.

The annual event helps raise proceeds for Community Action Partnership of North Alabama's programs, including Meals on Wheels

Jan. 1—"No big deal." "Piece of cake." "Just another day at the office." Strangers volleyed dismissive colloquialisms back and forth as they emerged from the frigid waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene on New Year's Day,

Thousands across New York and Pennsylvania jumped into ice-cold waters on January 1, New Year's Day in the annual Polar Bear Plunge. The event has been running for over 100 years in some territories,