In the evening of March 7, 2025, Officer Fohr, from the Park Falls Police Department, heard dispatch contacting the Park Falls Ambulance Service and Park Falls Fire & Rescue, calling them to Hines Park.
Officer Fohr responded to the walking trail where he saw a woman near a parked vehicle. She stated that her husband was attempting to rescue their dog, which had run off the walking trail to chase a fox or some other animal. The dog went onto the ice of the river and had fallen through.
The officer found the man, who had taken two ATV ramps, which he was kneeling on while inching his way on the ice toward the dog. The man was about twenty yards out, and he had at least forty more yards to reach the dog.
The man was instructed to come to the shore, because he could fall through the ice. The river is directly above the dam, which commonly has fast-moving water. The man stated he wanted to rescue the dog. Upon the officer's second instruction to come back to shore, the man did return.
Emergency services arrived on scene and were able to successfully retrieve the dog from the ice.
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