MONONA COUNTY, Iowa — Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources report DNR Conservation Officer Gary Sisco and DNR Park Ranger Katie Hoeppner responded Tuesday evening to a stranded boat with duck hunters on West Blue Lake, a marsh off of Blue Lake in Monona County.

Three duck hunters were stranded in their boat after they sheared the cotter pin on the prop shaft and were without any propulsion. The officer and ranger towed the boat and hunters to safety at the boat ramp during the snowstorm. The snowstorm made the nighttime rescue difficult due to the heavy snowfall, high winds, blowing snow, cold temperatures and blustery wind chills.