HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. — The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is searching for a missing swimmer in Lake Minnetonka's Lower Lake.
In a press release, HCSO says their Water Patrol was called to the lake at around 6:30 p.m. for a report of a missing swimmer.
When deputies arrived, they learned a group of nine adults were on a pontoon boat when one of the female adults went into the water and began to struggle. Two women and a male passenger on the pontoon jumped in to help the swimmer.
According to the release, the three females made it back aboard the boat but the male is still missing. Water Patrol deputies worked all night searching the area with sonar.