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Minn. Man Drowns While Swimming At Iowa Campground

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LAKE MILLS, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a Minnesota man who drowned at an Iowa campground.

The Worth County sheriff’s office told KIMT-TV that the victim of Friday’s drowning at Happy Time Resort was 53-year-old Richard Sharpsteen of Albert Lea, Minn.

His death remains under investigation.

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  • You Blew it.

    And the drink sitting on the table is for what reason, Are we to assume like the picture portrays that he was intoxicated, This is really a sad bit of reporting an representation by WCCO

    • Iconoclast

      I know, I can’t get over how awful the web quality on WCCO is. The stock photo shots are consistently terrible and insulting to the reader and in this case the accident victim.

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