By Bill Galluccio
Feb 5, 2021
A group of 66 ice fishers ended up trapped in the middle of Lake Michigan when three ice floes broke away on Thursday (February 4) morning. The Door County Sheriff s Office said that floes floated away from the shore due to pressure cracks that had opened between their location and the shoreline.
High winds from an incoming winter storm helped push the ice floes further away from the shore.
With the bad weather bearing down on the area, rescuers from multiple agencies had to work against to clock to bring the fisherman to safety. The U.S. Coast Guard sent two ice rescue teams and used helicopters and airboats to reach the ice floes.
By Bill Galluccio
Feb 5, 2021
A group of 66 ice fishers ended up trapped in the middle of Lake Michigan when three ice floes broke away on Thursday (February 4) morning. The Door County Sheriff s Office said that floes floated away from the shore due to pressure cracks that had opened between their location and the shoreline.
High winds from an incoming winter storm helped push the ice floes further away from the shore.
With the bad weather bearing down on the area, rescuers from multiple agencies had to work against to clock to bring the fisherman to safety. The U.S. Coast Guard sent two ice rescue teams and used helicopters and airboats to reach the ice floes.
66 anglers rescued off ice floes on Lake Michigan
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Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City aircrew show law enforcement rescuing anglers off an ice floe that broke off near Green Bay, Wis. on Lake Michigan Thursday. Photo by U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes/Twitter.
Feb. 5 (UPI) The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 66 anglers who ended up stranded on three different ice floes Thursday on Lake Michigan near Green Bay, Wis.
The floes became detached Thursday morning near the mouth of Sturgeon Bay while the groups were ice fishing. Authorities said one ice floe broke off close to Sand Bay Beach Resort. A second detached close to the Sherwood Point Lighthouse and the third near Little Harbor Road.
By Casey Nelson
Feb 4, 2021 5:37 PM
DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) â Around five dozen people were rescued from ice floes in three separate locations in Door County on Thursday.
The U.S. Coast Guard says the three calls came in before 10 a.m. Crews went to areas off Sherwood Point, Sand Bay Beach and Little Harbor, where cracks had developed between the shore and the groups of people. Itâs not known what specifically caused the cracks to form.
Multiple emergency response agencies rescued 66 ice fisherman.
âOnce we got the resources in place it was just about safely removing the people in place,â said Chief Deputy Patrick McCarty of the Door County Sheriffâs Office.
Sturgeon Bay man charged with child pornography in federal court
STURGEON BAY - A Sturgeon Bay man was indicted with two counts of child pornography in federal court Tuesday.
Christopher J. Kone, 36, was charged with producing child pornography. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
He was indicted due to Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative against child sexual exploitation and abuse.
His arraignment is scheduled on Friday afternoon, and he is being held at the Door County Jail.
The Door County Sheriff s Office was involved in the investigation.
Contact Benita Mathew at (920) 309-3428 or bmathew@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @benita mathew.