Drowning

On Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 30, the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office located a body in approximately 47 feet of water in West Battle Lake. The body was identified as Peter Akinboro. Akinboro, 39, was reported missing Aug. 26 after he had taken a Jet-Ski out. A family member later...

The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office has identified the man who drowned in Lake Jewett Friday night. Family members told authorities they heard Cadreau yelling for help after the boat he was in capsized on the south side of the lake around 10 p.m. Friday. Family members...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at Wildridge Campgrounds on Lobster Lake on Sunday, August 3, after 15-year-old Brennon David Johnson from Montevideo did not return from kayaking on the lake. According to his mother, Jazell Holverson,...

The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a possible drowning following the death of a man who was pulled from Tenmile Lake Saturday night. Family members discovered the man, identified as 62-year-old Douglas Koch of Dalton, by a dock outside of his property....

Authorities have identified the boy who drowned while swimming in a Grand Rapids lake Saturday. Five-year-old Ayden Lee Demarre died following the incident at Crystal Lake, Grand Rapids police said Monday. The police previously reported that officers were called to the lake,...

By Louis Hoglund editor@eot.com "Safety around the water is important..." That was the message from Otter Tail County Coroner Dr. Greg Smith, following the June 12 drowning on Little Pine Lake. The coroner's report indicated that the victim, Scott Patrick Robinson, 40, was working...