Now, ice balls have popped up on Lake Superior near Ashland. Most ice balls are roughly the size of softballs or beach balls, and conditions have to be just right for them to form.© Newsflare/Reuters ...

It's been a frigid start to winter this year across the Great Lakes region, with below-zero wind chills and multiple lake-effect snowstorms. And now, ice balls. Ice balls are a relatively rare and ...