Ice Fisherman Who Fell In Got Out On His Own

Menomonie police say a ice fishermen who fell through thin ice Saturday morning is safe.  Witnesses called police to a bay on Lake Menomin at about 7:30 a-m, telling them about finding foot prints on the ice leading to a hole about 100 yards from shore.  A rescue team from the Menomonie Fire Department deployed, but wasn’t able to find anyone in the water.  When the man who fell in was found, he told police he was able to get himself out.  He tried to contact them, but he says he reached the police in Menomonee, Michigan, by mistake.