Sheriff makes plea after many fishing on vast N. Minnesota lake are rescued

Authorities in northern Minnesota are pleading with resort owners to keep anglers off a popular and vast lake after a dozen or more people were rescued off an ice floe.

Around midday Tuesday, reports came into the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office about people fishing on the eastern side of Upper Red Lake who were stranded on a sheet of ice that broke free from the shore amid strong winds.

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