ATV Falls Through Thin Ice

STEARNS COUNTY, MN—On December 26, at approximately 4:58 p.m., the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office received the report of a side-by-side ATV that had fallen through the ice on the north end of Two Rivers Lake in Holding Township, according to a media release from the Sheriff's Office.

Cory Hanson, 42, and Lori Hanson, 44, Avon, had been operating their 2017 Polaris Ranger side-by-side ATV on the far north end of the lake. While in this area they broke through a section of thin ice. Both were able to escape the sinking ATV and make it safely out of the water to a nearby icehouse.

The ATV is submerged in what is believed to be approximately 27 feet of water.

The area had recently had open water and not long ago frozen over due to waterfowl in the area, accord to the media release. Hanson has made arrangements with a private tow service to have the ATV removed from the lake.

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind everyone to be cautious on lake ice and to be sure of ice thickness in areas that they may be traveling on.

Several lakes in the area, Two Rivers, Big Fish and Middle Spunk, to name several, have had recent waterfowl activity that would potentially cause areas of thin ice, deputies warned.