Man harvesting wild rice in canoe drowns

CRANE LAKE, Minn. -- A man who was using a canoe to harvest wild rice on Vermilion River drowned over the weekend.

The incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Deputies with the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department, along with the county rescue squad, responded to the scene on a report of a missing man. They found his canoe overturned and unoccupied.

On Sunday at 4 p.m., the 43-year-old man's body was found in the water. Officials identified him as Keith Joseph Roy, of Orr.