The ice on Lake Ann was between 8 and 10 inches thick when Chanhassen city leaders made the call. The annual February Festival, and its signature ice fishing competition, would be canceled for the second year in a row. Festival organizers need between 12 and 15 inches of ice to safely support the people and vehicles that set up the decades-old celebration. But forecasts of highs in the upper .
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