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Bitter-cold weather wasn't enough to stop hundreds of people from taking a plunge into Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day.
Bitter-cold weather wasn't enough to stop hundreds of people from taking a plunge into Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day.
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Hundreds take plunge into frigid Lake Minnetonka on New Year's Day
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Divers begin the new year with a chilling plunge into Lake Minnetonka
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Hundreds take plunge into frigid lake on New Year's Day
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