Search Underway On Lake Pepin After Man Falls Off Boat

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Crews are searching for a 69-year-old man after officials say he fell off a boat into Lake Pepin Thursday evening and did not resurface.

Deputies responded just before 5 p.m. to the Mississippi River near Lake City. A passenger on the boat witnessed Terry Lee Woeltge fall into the water. Officials say the man was not wearing a floatation device.

Crews searched for the man Thursday until sunset and resumed search efforts Friday morning at 7.

The incident is under investigation.

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