Shortly before 1 pm Monday afternoon, Huron Central Dispatch received an emergency 911 call from an individual who had broken through the ice approximately 2 miles offshore of the Rose Island area, in Fairhaven Township.
According to Sheriff Kelley Hanson, the two men were on an ATV searching for a place to fish when they broke through and ended up in the water.
Both men, ages 25 and 39 from Vassar, had taken an ice fishing shanty out earlier and were fishing when they decided to look for other places to fish.
Hanson said when they broke through, they ended up having to walk roughly one mile back to the shanty for shelter while our office dispatched its airboat.
About an hour later both men were back on shore after being recovered by our airboat and were being treated by the Sebewaing Ambulance Service for mild hypothermia.
Anglers are urged to use extreme caution if they are going out on the ice. This year the ice formation has not been even at all and with the recent snow events that have taken place, ice can be five inches in one place and one inch in another.
Staying off the ice is recommended and extreme caution is advised.
Sebewaing Ambulance Service and the Caseville Dire Department assisted Huron County sheriff deputies on the scene.
