WSAW - HomePage - Headlines

8 Fishermen Rescued from Ice in Brown Co.

By: WSAW Staff Email
Updated: Mon 2:55 PM, Jan 07, 2013

Eight fishermen are safe after being rescued from the ice of the bay of Green Bay Monday morning.

According to WLUK-TV, the New Franken Fire Department says it was called to Bay Shore Park around 9:40 am. An ice floe had broken away, stranding the people in two groups. Two more fishermen had jumped the crack and were able to get off the ice by themselves. The rest of the fishermen were brought to shore around 11 am.

Rescuers say one chunk of ice was about the size of a football field; the other was larger.


All comments must adhere to the WSAW.com discussion rules.
powered by Disqus
Weather for Wausau, Wisconsin
64° F
Cloudy
Sun
64 47
Mon
68 45
Tue
73 53
Wed
79 64

News Videos

WSAW's Most Commented

powered by Disqus
WSAW-TV 1114 Grand Ave. Wausau, WI 54403
Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013 - Designed by Gray Digital Media - Powered by Clickability
User Agent: CCBot/2.0 - 185914372