VIDEO: Three people were rescued from a large piece of ice that broke loose in the Bay of Green Bay Monday.
It happened shortly before noon in the Town of Scott.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says the three people were fishing when a large chunk of ice, more than a mile long, broke off from the shore and stranded the anglers.
The New Franken Fire Department used its rescue boat to bring them back to land safely. Emergency responders are expecting to see more calls like that in the coming months, and even more ice rescues than in a typical winter, highlighting the need for ongoing training and practice.
As ice shanties dot the ice on the Fox River in De Pere just below the dam, De Pere Fire and Rescue crews are just upriver, where there’s less current and thicker ice, fine-tuning their skills to pull people from the water as quickly as possible.