Iowa woman dies in kayaking accident in Minnesota
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A woman has died in a kayaking accident on Hawk Creek near Sacred Heart in western Minnesota.
The Renville County sheriff's office says 55-year-old Diane Bigler-Hagenow, of Newhall, Iowa, likely died from drowning Saturday evening after her kayak overturned.
Officers were sent to the scene just after 6 p.m. after it was reported that Bigler-Hagenow went missing underwater.
Four people who were kayaking with her were not injured.
Officers later found her body in the creek. They say she was wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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