Fish house breaks through ice on Stearns County lake

Authorities in Stearns County say no one was injured after a fish house broke through the ice on Big Watab Lake.

Authorities were called to the lake just after noon on Jan. 3 on the report of a fish house that went through the ice.

When deputies arrived, they found the fish house being removed from the water.

According to the sheriff’s office, the fish house went through a section of thin ice about 30 to 40 feet from the shoreline.

A towing service was able to successfully remove the house from the ice.

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