Local officials are asking people to take extra precautions when and if they venture on the ice of Green Bay for fishing or snowmobiling.  Nasewaupee Fire Department Chief Jacob Schartner says an incident on Sunday evening northeast of Sherwood Point serves as a reminder that no ice is safe ice. A party of five anglers was rescued by airboat after 7 p.m. after their UTV’s front end fell through the ice.

Schartner says the rescue took about an hour and required two trips to safely bring all five fishermen to land. 

With warmer and above-freezing temperatures forecasted starting next week, Schartner advises anyone going on the ice to watch the wind conditions and be aware of pockets of bad ice that may be visible or hidden by snow cover.

The ice rescue on Sunday evening was the third one that the Nasewaupee Fire Department has been involved in in the last month, and it included help from the United States Coast Guard and Department of Natural Resources.