Cold weather is here, and so are the official buttons for the 2025 St. Paul Winter Carnival. The four buttons, designed by local artist and snow sculptor Heather Friedli, were unveiled Saturday night ...

Full-scale production for the snow sculptures continued from Jan. 7 to Feb. 2. During that 27-day period, 21 days, or nearly 80 percent of the total, had highs of zero or higher. At times ...

SAPPORO—A cool reproduction of the Catbus and sisters Satsuki and May in popular anime “My Neighbor Totoro” won the top prize in the citizen sculpture event at the 2023 Sapporo Snow Festival.