OAK PARK HEIGHTS, Minn. — Two ice fishermen were rescued after their pickup went through the ice in the St. Croix River near the Xcel power plant. Police said the men, ages 24 and 23, jumped before the truck sank and never got wet. This was after dark about 9:20 p.m. The men had been out ice fishing on the river for most of the day and were heading back to a boat launch. Then they heard the ice cracking and making unfriendly noises nder them, they told Bayport police. They jumped out just as the pickup started slipping under. This was in water believed to be 15 feet deep.
Going under. It’s a 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche. Avalanches weigh 5,700 pounds. Image: Ben Ziertman