Members of the team “Plungee McPlungefacers” react to jumping in the lake during the 23rd annual Rochester Polar Plunge hosted by Special Olympics Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at ...

Combined with a Polar Plunge at Sheridan College on March 8, the goal this year is to raise $50,000 for the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary.

Park officials would not say how much it will cost to build Tropical Plungee, but said it will be constructed by the Canadian water slide company Whitewater.

Once again, Bellingham Herald readers have enthusiastically submitted limericks to mark St. Patrick’s Day.