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Tag: Vehicles through the Ice

Weather

What it’s like when your truck breaks through the ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 22, 2019, 10:24 AM Jan 22, 2019
8

With any luck, anyone thinking about driving on lake ice when authorities are warning them about thin spots will have a second thought after they hear Lyle Grohman’s story about what happened when his truck fell through the ice in southern Minnesota. Read more →

Weather

Right on schedule, people are driving into open water on MN lakes

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2018, 2:32 PM Dec 3, 2018
7

And we’re off! Welcome to another season of people driving on thin ice and falling through.

Alexandria/Douglas County has raced off to the early lead with two incidents over the weekend. Read more →

Weather

‘Ice out’ season nears, more people try to walk on water

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2018, 9:25 AM Apr 26, 2018
5

The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office tried to explain the science of the sun angle in order to keep people off the ice.

That’s probably not going to work. Read more →

Weather

Laws of physics get tested — again — on area lakes.

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2018, 3:20 PM Mar 26, 2018
5

The laws of physics continue to get a good workout on the area lakes and truck drivers continue to test whether ice is still thick enough to drive on. Read more →

Economy · Weather

Drivers who ignore thin-ice warnings are good for business

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2018, 12:59 PM Jan 8, 2018
18

In these parts, thin ice is an economic boost to some sectors. Take Anderson’s Towing & Recovery in Grantsburg, Wis. A driver who ignored the thin-ice warning on Big Wood Lake a few weeks ago provided some overtime work on Sunday because the cold snap came in after the incident, encasing the truck in a tomb. Read more →

Weather

Ice out!

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2017, 6:47 AM Mar 28, 2017
3

Two people fell through the ice in separate incidents within 45 minutes of each other yesterday, the Brainerd Dispatch says. The first was on Big Portage Lake in rural Backus and the second on Gladstone Lake in Nisswa. Read more →

This or That

Business is picking up for people who raise sunken vehicles

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2017, 7:50 AM Mar 24, 2017
3

A four-wheeler on Lake Ida, an ATV on Lake Osakis on Monday and a Polaris Ranger on Tuesday on Smith Lake.

There’s your vehicles-through-the-ice count just for this week. Read more →

Weather

Hard work and easy money: Trucks in the water

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2017, 1:56 PM Feb 24, 2017
6

The fishing is good on area lakes, and the vehicles seem to be biting thanks to the bait being used: warmer temperatures and drivers who aren’t all that bright at times.
Read more →

Weather

Riding the waves on Upper Red Lake

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 23, 2017, 4:00 PM Feb 23, 2017
10

You might be inclined to question the decision of a couple of drivers on Upper Red Lake over the weekend, and we’d guess they’d tell you it was no big deal. Read more →

Weather

Trucks are no match for Lake Minnetonka

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2017, 12:51 PM Feb 16, 2017
24

You’ll want to sit down for this one.

Another driver tried to drive onto the ice on Lake Minnetonka today. Read more →

Weather

Vehicles test ice on area lakes,and fail

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2017, 7:15 PM Feb 11, 2017
6

An increase in temperatures and a failure to believe in science has led to a spate of vehicles falling through the ice. Read more →

Weather

Oh, hey, a truck went through thin ice!

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2017, 7:59 AM Jan 29, 2017
9

Winter in the upper Midwest, 2017. Read more →

The jobs we do · Weather

Truck-through-ice season is underway in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2017, 2:26 PM Jan 24, 2017
14

A little early, perhaps, we have reached that time of the year that keeps tow truck operators in the tall clover. Read more →

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