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Itasca County Sheriff’s Office |
440 1st Avenue NE Grand Rapids, MN 55744 Phone (218) 326-3477 Fax (218) 326-4663 |
Press Release
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Contact: Sheriff Vic Williams Phone: 218.326.3477 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATED INFORMATION July 29, 2011 |
On Sunday ~ July 24, 2011, at approximately 6:44 p.m., the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting that a hat was floating beside a capsized canoe that was half full of water on Jack the Horse Lake. Itasca County Sheriff’s Office personnel, Itasca County Search and Rescue and DNR Conservation Officers responded to the scene. The Bigfork Ambulance was placed on standby.
At the scene it was learned that on Saturday, July 23, 2011, just prior to dark, an adult male was observed leaving the dock in the canoe to go fishing and had not returned. The search continued until dark on July 24, 2011.
Itasca County Sheriff’s Office personnel along with Itasca County Search and Rescue, Itasca County Sheriff’s Dive Team and Minnesota DNR are continuing search efforts this morning, July 25, 2011.
UPDATED INFORMATION: On July 27, 2011, at 8:00 p.m., The Itasca County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, Recovered the body of Mark Daniel Scott, 56 of Burnsville, MN. Scott was not wearing a life jacket at the time of recovery.
Extensive search efforts were conducted by the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office, Itasca County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, Itasca County Dive Team, Minnesota DNR, (water and air units), St. Louis County Search and Rescue K-9 Unit, and K-9 Emergency Response Team Inc. of Wisconsin.