drowning

A 45-year-old Kandiyohi man drowned in Bass Lake Tuesday night while attempting to rescue his 6-year-old son after the boy had fallen off of their pontoon, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office said today. The drowning happened shortly after 7 p.m. Bass Lake is located about one-half...

KINGSTON -- A 56-year-old Annandale man was pronounced dead after his body was found floating around noon Sunday near Big Swan Lake on the county line between Meeker and Wright counties. According to a news release from Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, Patrick Lynch had been fishing...

PAYNESVILLE -- The name of the 73-year-old rural Paynesville man who was found unresponsive Wednesday in Rice Lake has been released by the Stearns County Sheriff's office. Lee Hackert's body was discovered between a pontoon and the lift wheel for the pontoon lift and was brought...

OLIVIA -- An Iowa woman drowned Saturday after her kayak apparently overturned on Hawk Creek southwest of Sacred Heart. Authorities identified her as Diane Bigler-Hagenow, 55, of Newhall, Iowa. Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable said four other individuals who were kayaking with...

A west central Minnesota teenager died Thursday night when the snowmobile he and a friend were on plunged into open water on the Third Crow Wing Lake south of Nevis. The other teen survived and was taken to St.

ALMA, Wis. - A 53-year-old Wisconsin man drowned Saturday in the Tiffany Wildlife Refuge near here. Lawrence Ellenberger of Maiden Rock drowned at about 5:30 p.m. after he fell into the backwaters of the refuge about a half-mile south of the Chippewa River. Buffalo County Sheriff...

PARK RAPIDS -- A Willmar man died Wednesday following a water-related incident on a Hubbard County lake in northern Minnesota. The Hubbard County Sheriff's Office received a report at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday of a possible drowning in Lower Bottle Lake in Lake Emma Township. Lower Bottle...

PARK RAPIDS - A Willmar man died Wednesday following a water-related incident on a Hubbard County lake in northern Minnesota. Hubbard County Sheriff's Office received a report at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday of a possible drowning in Lower Bottle Lake in Lake Emma Township. Lower Bottle...

The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 40-year-old Perham man, who is one of the owners of the Automaxx used car dealership in Alexandria. Authorities say Scott Patrick Robertson was found unresponsive near a dock on Little Pine Lake about two miles...

GRANITE FALLS -- Eddie Armando Ojer Barrios, 10, of Montevideo, drowned, according to a recently released Hennepin County Medical Examiner's report. The Montevideo youth had been pulled April 3 from about 7 feet of water in a pool at the Kilowatt Community Center in Granite Falls....

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A Montevideo fourth-grader has died following a swimming mishap Friday afternoon during a class outing. The Montevideo School District issued a statement this afternoon saying that Eddie Ojer died at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. The youngster had been flown by helicopter...

NEW LONDON -- Rescuers were unable to revive a 17-year-old swimmer who apparently drowned Saturday at the Kandiyohi County Parks # 7 beach on Games Lakes. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Department identified the victim as Oscar Alenjandro Ramirez, 17, of Eagle Pass, Texas. Ramirez...

WILLMAR, Minn. - A 17-year-old Texas teen drowned Saturday afternoon in Games Lake located in northwestern Kandiyohi County north of Willmar. Oscar Alejandro Ramirez, 17, of Eagle Pass, Texas, was unable to be revived after getting in trouble near a raft in the swimming area at...