Fire & Rescue
Body of fisherman found in Root River, near Preston, Minn.
The body of a missing fisherman has been found in the Root River near Peterson, Minn.
The sheriff’s office received a call Tuesday night that the missing man had gone fishing in an inflatable raft that day and didn’t return home.
The Minnesota DNR found the body in the water at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, a short distance downstream from where the empty raft was discovered.
Authorities are not releasing the man’s name yet, but they say he was from Fillmore County.
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