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Sheriff: Body of missing Wisconsin boater recovered

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says the body of a man who went missing while boating on Red Cedar Lake was recovered Wednesday.

RICE LAKE, Wis. — Editor's note: The video above first aired May 6, 2022. 

Officials say they've recovered the body of a missing boater on Wednesday in western Wisconsin.  

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told KARE 11 that the victim, believed to be a 55-year-old man, was recovered from Red Cedar Lake. Fitzgerald said more information will be released Thursday, following notification to his family. 

On Tuesday, the sheriff's office said a boat belonging to a known 55-year-old man was discovered empty on the shore of the lake Monday morning, and investigators believed the boater went missing sometime Sunday evening. 

Fitzgerald told KARE news partner WEAU that Monday's search focused mainly on the northern and eastern parts of the lake. On the second day of the search, Barron County deputies received additional help in the form of search boats and crews from the Wisconsin DNR, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the Shell Lake Fire Department. 

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