JANUARY THAW: Temperatures that rose into the lower 40s Sunday turned snow into pliable material for making snowmen in Ehmen Park. Hannah Boyd, 10, and her 8-year-old sister Alexis Boyd of Gothenburg show affection for one of their creations.

The Boyd family moved to town on Jan. 2 from Lincoln. Sunday marked the first day in 11 consecutive days that temperatures climbed above freezing.