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   Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that the Cass County Sheriff’s personnel has received reports of quickly changing ice conditions on large bodies of water; including Leech Lake. 

The high winds that we have been experiencing for two days has shifted ice, creating large open cracks and heaves. It is extremely important if you are travelling on the ice, especially during the dark, to know and understand the conditions and check ahead as the path you might have taken out is no longer safe to be travelled on. If you travelled out through a resort access or landing, communicate with the resort operator to understand the conditions and a safe path back to shore. Gusty winds are forecasted again for Sunday February 18th and we expect conditions to continue to deteriorate making any ice travel unsafe and unpredictable.

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