LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. (KVRR) — About 50 people are rescued from Lake of the Woods on New Years Day. The sheriff’s office says they got a report of about 20 to 25 people stranded on the northside of a pressure ridge that cracked open around 3 p.m. Long Point Resort used a boat to bring people to the…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two men had to be rescued after a sheet of ice broke away from the shores of Lake Ashtabula, north of Valley City. The rescue happened Saturday night. Valley City Fire Chief Scott Magnuson says two people walked out, pulling their ice shed behind. While fishing, they heard a loud crack or bang. When they…
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — An update to a story that we first brought you last night. Beltrami County Deputies and Kelliher firefighters rescued 35 people stranded on Upper Red Lake. Authorities say a large ice chunk broke from the shore before 5 p.m. Sunday. Last night, Beltrami County authorities said about 40 to 50 people were on the ice….
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — Emergency responders work to get dozens of people stranded on the ice in Beltrami County. About 40 to 50 people are stuck on Upper Red Lake after ice broke away from the shore. Around 7:20 this evening, authorities in Beltrami County say responders are working to get everyone safely back to shore. They say strong…
courtesy, Red Lake Police Dept. RED LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) – Two fishermen were rescued after they became trapped on a piece of drifting ice on Red Lake, in northwestern Minnesota. The Red Lake Police Dept. says 62-year-old David Berrard of Red Lake and his son, 44-year-old Wilfred Berrard, of Blaine, Minn., were safely brought to shore by first responders Tuesday…
WHEATON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Two men from Wheaton are thankful that Chad Schmidt was fishing nearby when the pickup they were in sank close to an ice heave on Lake Traverse Monday afternoon. Schmidt, of Dumont, who was in his fish house, saw the pickup sinking when he looked out the window. He grabbed a tow strap from his pickup…
LAKE HATTIE TOWNSHIP, Minn. – Co-workers were able to save a man after the logging machine he was operating broke through some ice at a remote site in northern Minnesota. The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office says Roy Davis was trapped inside the cab of the machine as it flooded with water from a swamp in Lake Hattie Township Saturday. Davis…
