Forty ice fishers had to be rescued in Green Bay over the weekend after a large chunk of ice broke away from the shoreline over the weekend.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office reports that they were called to the east side of the Bay of Green Bay at around 10:15 AM on Saturday and began rescue operations.
They were aided by the New Franken and Green Bay Fire Departments, and well as the Coast Guard and DNR.
It only took two hours for all forty individuals to be brought back to shore, as the ice shove drifted about a mile off of shore by the time the rescue was complete.
Authorities believe a barge traveling through the bay may have led to the destabilization of the ice before it actually broke off from the shore.
Authorities are asking residents to avoid the area around Point Comfort where the ice broke off just in case the remaining ice is unstable.
No injuries were reported during the rescue.
