LAKE CITY, Minn. – Six pickup trucks cracked the ice on Lake Pepin and sank to their gunnels over the weekend. No one was hurt. Although Lake Pepin is 60 feet deep in places, Goodhue County Sheriff Marty Kelly said the vehicles all were near enough shore to be towed out. Three went rhrough in one place. In another incident, at Lake Hanska west of Mankato, a pick-up truck fell through the ice near the main landing. The landing has ben closed until ice thickens.
The horses have left the barn. Thin ice signs hvve now been posted.