Drowning

WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office says Daniel Michael Suter, 45, of Kandiyohi drowned in Bass Lake Tuesday night while attempting to rescue his 6-year-old son after the boy had fallen off of their pontoon. Sheriff Daniel Hartog said the sheriff's office was called...

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...