Fisherman Missing After Fall Through Ice
Searchers are combing the Michigamme Reservoir for a Mansfield Township man who fell through the ice while fishing.
It happened on the northern side of the reservoir, near the Way Dam in Iron County, at about 7:30 Central time last night.
The Sheriff’s Department there, the Delta County Sheriff’s Department dive team and DNRE staff are all taking part in the search.
The DNRE also has a plane searching the area.
Police say the missing man, and another Mansfield Township fisherman, fell through the ice as they were riding 4-wheelers.
One of them got himself out of the frigid reservoir by himself.
Police say he hiked several miles in the dark to a house and called to report his friend missing.
That call came in at about 8:30 Central time this morning.
We’ll have more about this on UGN News as it becomes available.