Despite the cold temperatures Shawano County authorities are cautioning winter sports enthusiasts that local lakes and rivers should never be presumed to be completely safe for travel or fishing. Large areas of open water and/or dangerously thin ice have been reported early this week on the South Shore of Shawano Lake between the Island and the Historical Marker on STH 22, running between the Island
and the Point off Bischoff Bay Lane (Off STH 22 North of the Historical Marker), and a large area Northeast of the Wolf River Channel. These are the areas of Shawano Lake are reported to be hazardous.