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Dashing through the snow: Sledders take to the hills at McKinley Park in Peru

By Scott Anderson

Dashing through the snow, (from left) Jake Griglione, and his family Parker, Justyn, Erica, and Reagan, all of Oglesby, slide down the hill on their sleds at McKinley Park in Peru on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Arctic air is predicted to approach the area beginning Wednesday and bring single-digit high temperatures for Thursday and Friday. The mercury is expected to rise above freezing on Saturday. (Scott Anderson)

January 05, 2022 at 5:30 am CST

Sledders had some fun with what’s left of Saturday’s snowfall at McKinley Park in Peru.

Arctic air is predicted to approach the area beginning Wednesday and bring single-digit high temperatures for Thursday and Friday. The mercury is expected to rise above freezing on Saturday.

Matthew Krolak, 8, of Peru, sleds down the hill at McKinley Park on Tuesday Jan. 4, 2022. — Matthew Krolak, 8, of Peru, sleds down the hill at McKinley Park in Peru on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (Scott Anderson)