Crews are working to rescue 75-100 people who are stranded on a broken sheet of ice on a northern Minnesota lake. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said the fishermen are stranded on an ice floe that has detached from the main ice on Upper Red Lake and they have been unable to get back to shore. In a Facebook post Thursday, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said ice conditions across the state are changing frequently with uneven conditions. “While the forecast looks good for making ice, ice conditions will remain poor until there’s a string of cold days to form new, clear ice. The sheriff’s office added, “Recent rain and prolonged above freezing temperatures have caused ice conditions to deteriorate.

Source: CNN December 30, 2023 10:39 UTC