(KNSI) – The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office and the St. Cloud Fire Department had to deploy boats on Saturday afternoon to search for a man in the Mississippi River.
A witness called 911 at 3:30 to say there was a person stranded on an island toward the south of town, below the dam. A second call came in from the man’s son saying he was also on the island and his father had jumped into the water to try to retrieve their boat, which had drifted downriver.
Both had disappeared from view of the son. Responders were able to find the two men and the boat and brought them back to shore. No one was injured.
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