The idea for the sculptures at Rice Park came from Tom Klug, a sculptor who had a daughter that was a patient at Children's Minnesota previously.

Rice Park in St. Paul is now “ice park” for the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Now through the weekend is the ice carving competitions where you can stop by and see some of their creations.

This year’s Winter Carnival aims to truly be a St. Paul celebration. Downtown’s Rice Park — cheekily renamed “Ice Park” — and ...

The winners of the St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving Competition and the Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition were announced Sunday afternoon. Artists carved 300-pound blocks of ice ...

Winners are now crowned in the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s ice carving competitions. For the multi-block showdown, local sculptors Paul and Deneena Hughes from Eden Prairie took home this year ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With 139 years and counting, the oldest winter ... we say "Ice Park." And things are already looking up compared to last year. "We made it through the ice carving and the ...

Community arts organization 825 Arts in St. Paul will host an ice castle ... to share the history and creativity of ice sculptures at the Winter Carnival. Minecraft was released in 2011 and ...