200 anglers rescued from ice sheet on Upper Red Lake
The lake is one of the first in the state to open for ice fishing each year, making it a popular site in late fall.
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The lake is one of the first in the state to open for ice fishing each year, making it a popular site in late fall.
Emergency crews helped rescue over 100 people who were stranded on a lake in Northern Minnesota.
Officials in northern Minnesota say roughly 200 people have been rescued from Upper Red Lake after an ice chunk broke free from shore. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office says on
(Update: 4:22 p.m) -- The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office says they received 9-1-1 calls around 11:34 a.m on Monday regarding an ice chunk that broke away and left more than 200 people stranded on the free-floating platform. The ice chunk broke away from the shoreline, leaving a 30-yards of open water between those stranded and from land. A temporary bridge was put up to
The Beltrami County Sheriff said all of the anglers were evacuated from the ice safely by 2:40 p.m.