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Central Minnesota Man, 28, Drowns Trying To Retrieve Fishing Bobber From Lake

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Authorities in central Minnesota say a 28-year-old man drowned on the Fourth of July.

The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office said the man went under water shortly before 8 p.m. Monday in North Long Lake near Hawick. Investigators say the man was fishing from a dock and entered the lake to retrieve a bobber.

Multiple agencies began searching for the man and eventually found him. After life-saving measures were attempted, paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The man's name has yet to be released pending the notification of family. Investigators say he was from Hawick, a town about 20 miles northeast of Willmar.

The man's death is the second drowning reported Monday. Authorities in Dakota County say a man also drowned Monday evening in Lake Marion in Lakeville.

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