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A long pile of snow separates the two sides of traffic on Main St. in Bowling Green on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

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Bob Arthur, of South Toledo, hoists up his four-year-old Yorkiepoo named Raith as the pair and Arthur's nine-year-old Lab Ginger, not pictured, take a walk in South Toledo. The National Weather Service reported temperatures in the Toledo area dropped to five degrees with a wind chill ducking to -11 degrees. Bob said he takes the dogs for a walk every day, no matter the weather. Within a block of their home Raith, who was wearing a sweater, needed a lift off the frozen ground. "It's horrible," he said of the cold temperatures, before adding, "but Ginger could be out here all day."

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Fifth Third Field covered in snow Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Toledo.

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Ice crystals hang off loops of roots that have grown out of the bank of the Maumee River in Perrysburg's Orleans Park.

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A pedestrian crosses Ontario Street while walking on Monroe Street, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

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Fifth Third Field covered in snow.

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A pedestrian is framed by frost on a window as he crosses North Huron Street near One Government Center in Toledo, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2013.

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A deer crosses through Side Cut Metro Park in Maumee.

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A polar bear cub digs for enrichment in a bucket provided by employees at the Toledo Zoo, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. A rumor was spreading on Twitter, mainly among students complaining about going to school in the cold, that the zoo moved the bears inside due to the arctic blast. The bears have the option to go inside or stay outside according to Andi Norman, Director, Public Relations & Marketing at the zoo.

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A polar bear cub, left, plays with a bucket, as its mother Crystal comes to investigate.

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A long pile of snow separates the two sides of traffic on Main St. in Bowling Green.

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Ice drips hang on roots that have grown out of the bank of the Maumee River in Perrysburg's Orleans Park.

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A polar bear cub stretches out on the snow to bask in the sun at the Toledo Zoo.

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Sun shines into a snow covered Fifth Third Field.

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Steam rises off the Maumee River as hundreds of geese take a dip into the unfrozen portion of the river near Orleans Park in Perrysburg.

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Two lanes of I-75 South-bound near South Ave. in Toledo were closed in the afternoon on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, after both a car accident and a large pothole made them hazardous for drivers.

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Condensation forms on a window at the bus station as a rider waits inside at Madison and Erie.

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Two lanes of I-75 South-bound near South Ave. in Toledo were closed, after both a car accident and a large pothole made them hazardous for drivers. A metal plank was placed over the pothole and cones encircled it.

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Bob Arthur, of South Toledo, hoists up his four-year-old Yorkiepoo named Raith as the pair and Arthur's nine-year-old Lab Ginger take a walk in South Toledo.

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Two lanes of I-75 Southbound near South Ave. in Toledo were closed in the afternoon.

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A gauge shows the temperature for inside the bear den and outside at the Toledo Zoo.

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The ice and snow are starting to melt on the Maumee River in Waterville.

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Almost a foot of snow piles on the side of a creek off of N. Liberty Hi Rd and Perry St. in Haskins.

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A polar bear cub plays underwater with a ball at the Toledo Zoo.

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Ice blocks jut up from the Maumee River close to the bank near Fort Meigs in Perrysburg.

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Ice blocks jut up from the Maumee River close to the bank near Fort Meigs in Perrysburg.

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