The Heartland Lakes Area saw its share of turbulent weather and controversial local politics in 2022, but also entrepreneurs entering the business world, interesting school board candidates and tragedy averted by a family dog.
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Giant muskie pulled through the ice from unexpected Minnesota lake in most unusual of ways
Jon Kuznia and his neighbors, Ben and Carl Saarion, had quite a morning on Jan. 16 while fishing a small lake in Douglas County that is not stocked for muskies, but yielded them a 50-incher with the help of their Vexilar unit. 4:45 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 ×
Ben Saarion (left) and Jon Kuznia hold up a 50-inch muskie that they teamed up to land through the ice while fishing on Lake Charley near Alexandria, MN in Douglas County. The fish grabbed hold of the transducer on the Vexilar sonar unit they were using to help catch sunfish on the morning of Jan. 16.