Icy blast grips Cape Girardeau

A mixture of snow and ice covers the ground at Riverfront Park on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Two separate images show Derrick Van Sickle struggling to control his speed while sledding down the slopes of the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bailey Lundstrom holds her daughter, Dakota, 4, as they sled down the slopes on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Eddie Dickerson, left, and John Meatheany walk down an icy sidewalk along Big Bend Road on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After sledding down a hill on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, Jack, 7, left, hikes back up for another run as his brother, Henry, 4, trails behind him on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Henry, 4, carries his sled up a hill for another ride down a slope on the Southeast Missouri State University campus Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jack, 7, left, waits for his younger brother, Henry, 4, to reach the top of a hill on the Southeast Missouri State University campus before taking another ride on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A father watches his sons ride the slopes on the Southeast Missouri State University campus while he prepares lunch on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jack, 7, rests on the ground after sledding down slopes of the Southeast Missouri State University campus on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Henry, 4, right, makes a snow angel while his brother, Jack, 7, rests on the ground after sledding the slopes of the Southeast Missouri State University campus on Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jack, 7, left, sleds down the hills near the Southeast Missouri State campus with his brother Henry, 4, during a snowy afternoon Jan. 12, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kirstin Sheehan takes a careful winter walk Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Niyah Johnson, left, and her cousin, Ke'Iren Umfleet, attack a slippery slope Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 at Capaha Park as schools were closed due to winter weather in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

A truck sits on the sidewalk in front of Ruopp and Ruopp Dentistry after a wreck Jan. 12, 2018, on Broadway in Cape Girardeau. (Bob Miller ~ Southeast Missourian)