Fergus Falls man drowned in Big Detroit Lake

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fergus Falls man drowned on Big Detroit Lake in Detroit Lakes Wednesday night after he jumped from a pontoon south of Holiday Inn.

Authorities say 20-year-old Jette Frandson went into the water around 5:40.

Wind started to push the pontoon and Frandson struggled to keep up.

Three friends on the boat jumped into the lake at separate times to try and rescue him but were unsuccessful.

His body was found just before 9 p.m. Wednesday in about 29 feet of water.

Frandson was pronounced dead at the scene.