BOATER

Missing Boater’s Body Pulled From Hay Lake

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending the notification of family members

CASS COUNTY, Minn. — The body of a missing boater has been recovered from a Cass County, Minnesota lake. Sheriff’s officials say he was thrown from a boat along with another man on Hay Lake near Backus Tuesday afternoon. The second man was rescued and was treated for minor injuries. The body of the first man thrown from the boat…

Authorities: Boater Thought to be Missing Near Baymont Failed to Inform Anyone He was Safe

The man's girlfriend swam to shore and told police that she last saw him "kind of swimming, kind of standing'' in the water

  BAYPORT, Minn. — First responders are not happy with a former missing boater. They spent hours searching the St. Croix River near Bayport, Minnesota looking for the man after his boat crashed early Sunday. The man’s girlfriend swam to shore and told police that she last saw him “kind of swimming, kind of standing” in the water. The man…

Missing Boater from Minneapolis Found Alive

Search and rescue crews continued to look for Elgersma on both water and land on Sunday

  BAYPORT, Minn. — A man who went missing from a boat on the St. Croix River near Bayport, Minnesota has been found alive. Jason Elgersma and Kristin Erickson, both of Minneapolis, were on board the boat around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday when it started taking on water. Erickson made it to shore. Search and rescue crews continued to look…