Grafton Man Drowns in Cass Lake

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(KNOX) – A 41 year-old Grafton man is dead after drowning in Cass Lake over the weekend.

Saturday afternoon the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received 911 reports of a person in the water and not resurfacing on Cass Lake. Multiple law enforcement and rescue agencies responded to the lake and began to immediately search the area.

According to authorities, a man exited a pontoon into Cass Lake to work on a boat motor problem and didn’t resurface.

Children on the boat attempted to throw the victim a life jacket and the boat began to drift in high winds. The boat was later intercepted by other boaters on the lake and the incident was reported to 911. At around 7:51 p.m., the victim was located in the water and recovered.

The victim was not wearing a life vest at the time of the incident.