A low-pressure system is on its way into the region and will bring stormy winds on Rose Monday. The parade festival committee will decide at the last moment whether the Bonn Rose Monday procession will take place or not.

A 25-year-old motorist plunged into the Rhine River in Remagen early Friday morning. Four policemen, several passers-by and the fire department rescued the man with their combined efforts.

Families with toddlers will have the option of a new English-speaking program beginning in March. “Toddlers + One” will be open to parents with small children from ages 18 months to three-years-old. It is an offer of Bonn International School.

Altogether, it was a calm first day of carnival on Thursday, according to police. Thousands of Jecken enjoyed Weiberfastnacht under sunny skies. On tram line 66, however, two windows were smashed.