A Maplewood man is dead after his tube flipped on the Crow River in St. Michael, sending him downstream without a life jacket. The Wright County Sheriff’s Office released a statement over the weekend saying a trio of people were tubing on the Crow River in St. Michael around 5 p.m. Saturday, July 6 when […]
Wright County ID’s Teen Believed Drowned in Crow River
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office has identified the teen believed drowned in the Crow River Monday, June 5. Multiple agencies are assisting in the search for Levi Wuollet, 18, of Dassel, who was last seen swimming in the North Fork Crow River on Monday near the Keats Avenue bridge in Middleville Township. Wuollet was swimming […]
Wright County Authorities Searching for Man in Crow River Drowning
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office is teaming with multiple state and local agencies after a man disappeared under the waters of the Crow River Monday night. Wright County Sheriff Joe Hagerty reports that at 6:56 p.m. Monday, June 5th the Wright County Sheriff’s Office Communications office received a 911 call of a suspected drowning in […]
Medical Examiner: Monticello Man Drowned on Night of Disappearance
The Anoka County Medical Examiner’s Office has returned its results on the examination of Joseph Brunn, the 23-year-old Monticello man who disappeared earlier this month and was found in the Mississippi River in Otsego after thousands assisted in a four-day search. The ME report states Brunn died of an apparent drowning, and that alcohol was […]
St. Michael-Albertville Grad Identified as Weekend Drowning Victim
The 52-year-old Monticello man died Friday in Lake Mitchell near Big Lake.
A St. Michael-Albertville High School graduate and 52-year-old Monticello man has been identified by Sherburne County authorities as the victim of a weekend drowning on Lake Mitchell. Paul C. Pohlkamp was swimming around a friend’s anchored boat when he was discovered unresponsive in the water by friends and fellow boaters around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. […]
Breaking: Man Drowns After Fall into Wright County Lake
UPDATE (11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9) – The Wright County Sheriff’s Office has identified this weekend’s drowning victim as Dennis Venske, 53, of Winsted * * * * A man looking to enjoy a Saturday evening fishing has died this weekend after he fell off a pier and into the waters of Dog Lake, south […]