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After several days of rain and warmer weather, ice conditions on Upper Red Lake have seriously deteriorated. On Saturday, the Beltrami County Sheriff decided to step in.
The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office is reporting that 122 people were rescued from an ice floe that broke off at Upper Red Lake.
The anglers were rescued after they became stranded on an ice floe that detached from the main shoreline on the southeastern area of Upper Red Lake Friday evening, Dec. 29.
More than 100 anglers were rescued Friday evening after they became stranded on an ice floe that detached from the main shoreline of Upper Red Lake.
Beltrami County sheriff's office said they are working to rescue the fishermen stranded on Upper Red Lake. No one is believed to be in the water, and rescue boats are on the way.