"We weren't real thrilled" about the bar opening last year, said Otter Tail County Sheriff Brian Schlueter, noting that ambulances and squad cars don't goon the ice, so responders would have to walk or find a snowmobile in an emergency.
"It's always a major concern and sometimes we walkon pins and needles when we see one of our players go over there and go all-out so early in the season, " Lopez said.