 Well, many cities across Minnesota are preparing and already have had their yearly ice festivals. Last weekend, Little Falls had an ice festival as they attempted to break a world record. Our Anthony Scott has more in this week's Northwood's adventure. You're probably wondering why I'm spinning right now. Well, that's because I'm standing on the world's largest ice carousel located on Green Prairie Fish Lake in Little Falls. Well, I was actually standing on a smaller ice carousel inside the world's largest ice carousel. We cut the big carousel earlier and set the world record by like 85 feet. It was 427 feet. Now the new record is 508 feet. Ice carousels are created by making several angled cuts through the ice, and the larger ice carousels even need a motor to help make it spin. However, a crack in the ice, along with the wind, stopped the largest ice carousel from spinning throughout the day. But the Zwillink family of Little Falls officially grabbed the record at 154.3 meters before it stopped spinning. It has definitely taken on a life of its own, and it's great to see participation. It's great to see people come out and do something in the winter. I think it's fun to be so close to home to have the world's largest anything. So yeah, we'll be back. Ice carousels have been around for over 100 years in Finland. But over the last couple of years, Jani Capoletto from Finland started creating large carousels and created the Ice Carousel Association, which recognizes the records. Making a small one is easy, but having a big one, it's a tremendous job. Always when you get it spinning, it's so amazing. On the world's largest ice carousel, there were many events taking place, including hockey, curling, ice skating and snowmobile rides. The event was free, but people were also donating towards Little Falls' Flyer Pride Packs, a program that gives at-risk children food for the weekend. It takes $12,000 to feed all the kids that are on the program for one year, so we made that our new goal was $12,000. I wasn't expecting to see so many people out here. I think it's incredible that people come out for a good cost like that. Little Falls has the record for the world's largest ice carousel for now, but a group in Maine is trying to break the record later this year. Yeah, but I think it'll just grow year after year, you know, until somebody cries uncle or decides they don't want to do it anymore. We will just have to wait and see what the Zwilling family has up their sleeve for next year. Reporting from Little Falls for this week's Northwood's adventure, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. So far, the Zwilling family has raised enough money for six months' worth of food through the Flyer Pride Packs program, and if you'd like to donate, you can check out the story on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.