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Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports that the Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to two separate incidents of vehicles going through the ice on Leech Lake on Friday, Jan. 16. Six people in total were rescued.

The sheriff's office received a 911 call for assistance at9:20 p.m. on Steamboat Bay, where a caller reported a vehicle had gone through the ice and four people were attempting to get out.

The sheriff's office and the Walker Fire Department responded to the area and located a full-size SUV that had gone through thin ice with just the rear of the vehicle exposed. Four people did escape from the vehicle and were able to get on a trailer that was attached to the vehicle, which did not break through the ice.

The Walker Fire Department's hovercraft was used to rescue the parties. Two adults were transported to Bemidji Sanford for observation. No other injuries were reported.

Earlier that day, at 7:49 a.m., the sheriff's office received a report of a vehicle partially through the slush and ice in the area of an ice heave near Sand Point.

Officers and the Walker Fire Department responded and located a full-size pickup stuck in the slush and ice with two parties in the bed of the pickup, uninjured, but unable to safely get away from the pickup due to thin ice.

The Walker Fire Department, using the hovercraft, rescued the parties.

The Cass County Sheriff's Office urges strong caution to be used on all area lakes. Even through cold temperatures have helped ice conditions, there are still many vulnerable areas around ice heaves, rivers and springs.

Several known dangerous areas have been marked with thin ice signs, but conditions to change rapidly. All ice should never be considered 100 percent safe.

The sheriff's office and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources remind everyone traveling on ice of the following safety tips.

• Check for known thin ice areas with a local resort or bait shop. Test the thickness yourself using an ice chisel, ice auger or even a cordless 1/4-inch drill with a long bit.

• Refrain from driving on ice whenever possible. If you must drive a vehicle, be prepared to leave it in a hurry - keep windows down and have a simple emergency plan of action you have discussed with your passengers.

• Stay away from alcoholic beverages. Even "just a couple of beers" are enough to cause a careless error in judgment that could cost you your life. And contrary to common belief, alcohol actually makes you colder rather than warming you up.

• Don't "overdrive" your snowmobile's/ATV's headlight. At even 30 miles per hour, it can take a much longer distance to stop on ice than your headlight shines. Many fatal snowmobile through-the-ice accidents occur because the machine was traveling too fast for the operator to stop when the headlamp illuminated the hole in the ice.

• Wear a life vest under your winter gear. Or wear one of the new flotation snowmobile suits. And it's a good idea to carry a pair of ice picks that may be home made or purchased from most well stocked sporting goods stores that cater to winter anglers.

It's amazing how difficult it can be to pull yourself back onto the surface of unbroken but wet and slippery ice while wearing a snowmobile suit weighted down with 60 pounds of water.

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