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A 12.6-pound chunk of ice crashed through the bedroom ceiling of a home in western Wisconsin earlier this week. Where did it come from? No one seems to know. The homeowner in Elk Mound (located west of Eau Claire) said that the ice ball actually brushed his body as it fell through, and it caused more than $1,000 of damage to the home. Appar...

An engineer with The Q removed the bike tires and the spokes from a bicycle and fitted it with circular saw blades. Would you call this an ICEcycle? He then took the machine out onto a frozen lake to test it out.    

** info updated at 5:45 AM 1/30*** The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING for portions of Eastern Iowa from 9 AM SATURDAY TO 9 AM SUNDAY. The NWS says to expect total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches and ice accumulations of one tenth to two tenths of an inch in the warning areas...

Somewhere in Russia, a Nissan is sitting under a frozen lake after 'pizza-cutting' itself through the ice after doing too many donuts. As one man is delivering a monologue in front of a camera, he has no idea what is happening behind him ...

Of course it HAS to be in the winter...

See, Iowa can be beautiful in the winter time!

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for most of Iowa. The warning runs from 9 AM Tuesday to 6 AM Wednesday. This storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snowfall along with freezing rain. The National Weather Service in Des Moines says that greatest amount of snow will fall north of Interstate 80...

The accident injured seven people.

The Fayette County Sheriff is investigating a rollover accident caused by icy roads, that put an area woman in the hospital.

Light snow drifted into the area in the overnight hours, ending around 8 AM. Snowfall totals were mainly less than a couple of inches, but the morning commute was slick as there was also freezing rain and sleet in the area. Here's today's snowfall totals in Eastern Iowa from Iowa's News Now:  Center Grove: 4 ... Read More ...