Body of missing person, ATV found in Minn. lake
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. (AP) -- Stearns County authorities have recovered the body of a missing person and an all-terrain vehicle from open water in Rice Lake.
The identity of the victim hasn't been released.
Sheriff John Sanner says his department was notified Friday afternoon that a resident of the Rice Lake area was missing. The person had last been seen a day earlier riding an ATV.
A St. Cloud Times report says the body was found later Friday on the west side of Rice Lake, about three miles east of Paynesville.
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