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This could have been tragic, but instead it's a moment of heroism on display as a Missouri woman and her dog were rescued from an icy pond.

If there is any way you can avoid it, authorities are warning that you should not travel through most parts of Missouri and Illinois on Sunday as conditions are expected to be treacherous.

There are still questions about exactly what type of weather will impact Missouri this weekend, but confidence is growing that a majority of the state is likely to experience a heavy snow event.

Nature can be awe-inspiring. This is an example of that. There's a new video share of what happened when a mountain-size sheet of ice broke away from the Illinois coastline and floated off into Lake Michigan.

You need to be watchful of weather the first week in January as Missouri appears to be in the path of a potentially nasty winter mix of precipitation.

This is marking new records for earliest ice-out on lakes across the state.

How does this winter compare to previous early ice-out records?

While we haven't had a typical winter this year in Minnesota, exporting 'winter'-- or a part of it, anyway-- used to be a big business in the North Star State.

A walk on beautiful ice formations can turn deadly in a second. You could find yourself trapped with no way to escape.

Have you heard any unusual noises in your house during the winter?