The water was cold. The crowd at Lake Riley didn’t seem to mind.
Hundreds of costumed participants splashed into the icy waters on Saturday, March 14, raising more than $158,000 for Special Olympics Minnesota during the Eden Prairie Polar Plunge at Riley Lake Park.
By the end of the event, 561 registered participants had raised $158,586 to benefit Special Olympics athletes across Minnesota, just hours before a winter storm struck the Twin Cities…