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EAST TROY, Wis. (AP) — The latest on the search for victims of a canoe accident at a Wisconsin lake (all times local):
10:35 a.m.
Authorities have identified the third man whose body was recovered from an icy southern Wisconsin lake.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that the body of 21-year-old Mori Weinstein was recovered Monday afternoon.
The bodies of two other men were found in Mill Lake on Sunday, the day their friends reported them missing. The lake is in Walworth County, about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee.
The search continues for a fourth man.
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8:20 a.m.
The search has resumed on a southern Wisconsin lake for a fourth Illinois man missing since the weekend.
Crews have recovered the bodies of three men from the icy waters of Mill Lake in Walworth County since the four were reported missing Sunday.
Two bodies were found shortly after the search began. A third was recovered Monday afternoon at the lake about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee.
Authorities say the four were reported missing after their friends staying at a lake house awoke Sunday and discovered footprints in the snow leading to a boathouse and an overturned canoe in the water.
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This item has been corrected to show that the lake is southwest, not southeast of Milwaukee.
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1:30 a.m.
The search is about to resume for the last of four Illinois men who disappeared after a canoe accident in southern Wisconsin.
Crews have recovered three bodies from the icy lake. The search for the fourth missing man was set to resume Tuesday morning after ending for the day Monday evening.
Searchers have been scouring Mill Lake, about 35 miles southwest of Milwaukee, since the four young men were reported missing Sunday.
Authorities in East Troy say the men were staying with friends at a lake house. They were reported missing after footprints leading to the boathouse were discovered in the snow and a canoe was spotted overturned in the lake.
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This item has been corrected to show that the lake is southwest, not southeast of Milwaukee.
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