Emergency workers ready for water and ice rescues

From the Beloit Daily News

...Last week Town of Beloit firefighters saw snowmobile tracks on the ice of the Rock River, something they consider deadly.

“It's not like going out on a lake. With the currents, conditions change day to day,” Town of Beloit Assistant Fire Chief Gene Wright said.

Last year Wright heard that a boy dared to ride his bicycle across the ice. He still has concerns that some people may try to venture out on the ice.

Just a little over a week ago on Feb. 19 the Rock County Communications Center received a call that two snowmobilers had gone through the ice on Lake Koshkonong. Fortunately both managed to pull themselves out of the water and onto the ice where they waited for rescuers