El Nino has been brutal to the California coast line, but gentle to Minnesota, bringing us one of our mildest winters on record. Some Minnesotans love it, others hate it. The ice fishing season has been extended through March first, but the DNR is now recommending ice fishing shelters should be removed from lake this weekend, especially in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota. The warmer weather means lake ice will soon be too weak to support the vehicles needed to pull the shacks off the ice. On the plus side, the unseasonably warm weather has been a boon to construction. Adolpson and Peterson Construction spokesman Harlan Hallquist says his company's job sites are about 10-percent ahead of schedule.