CLOSING SHOT: Photos of the Week for more than five years
Pure wintertime joy
Sofia Jennings, 3, laughs as she sleds down the hill at Ottawa Park in Toledo. REBECCA BENSON
Getting creative at Zehnder’s Snowfest
Argentines Marino Bauducco and Sofia Barbisan, on the ladder, work on a double block world champion level sculpture and at the Zehnder's Snowfest in Frankenmuth, Michigan. In its 34th year, the festival features competitive snow and ice carving from the high school to world championship level. PHIL KAPLAN
Winter on Lake Erie
Greg Freyer of Martin drills a hole for ice fishing at East Harbor State Park in Lakeside Marblehead. JEREMY WADSWORTH
Dog sledding
Kathrine Collaco, 10, along withher dog Fluffy, and her life-long friend Joslyn Sprow, 10, sled down the hill at Side Cut Metropark in Maumee on Saturday, January, 11, 2025. REBECCA PARTICKA
Holiday reflections
The Christmas tree in Hensville Park is reflected in raindrops in downtown Toledo. REBECCA BENSON
The season of giving
Italy Fletcher, 3, carries her new doll as she and her grandmother Karen Poole and her father Greg Fletcher leave the Martin Luther King Kitchen for the Poor Christmas Party in Toledo. Meals and toys were passed out to patrons. The Kitchen was founded in 1969 by the late Rev. Harvey Sr. and Martha Savage, whose children and extended family members now carry forward the Mission of feeding the hungry in central Toledo. JEREMY WADSWORTH