(Spirit Lake)– Good news for ice fishermen…but it’s another sign of the continuation of our brutal winter.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is extending the deadline ice shelters need to be taken off lakes that are north of U.S. Highway 20. The new date is February 28th.
Officials say the extension is to allow shelter owners an additional week to break their houses free and get them off the ice.
For public waters south of Highway 20, the February 20th deadline remains in place.
If a shelter goes through the ice, DNR officials say its’ the owner’s responsibility to get it out of the lake.
