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Bodies of 2 Wisconsin Drowning Victims Recovered Submitted: 06/24/2012
MOSINEE - Authorities in Marathon County have recovered the bodies of two men who drowned at the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir this week.

The body of 21-year-old Richard Drews of Edgar was found Friday about 11 p.m.

Later the next morning, authorities recovered the body of 48-year-old Paul Locher of Kronenwetter.

Witnesses reported that Drews had been with family members Friday when he jumped off the side of a boat.

Cary Pellowski is with the Marathon County Dive Team.

He says Drews began to struggle and his family threw him a life preserver but he couldn't grab onto it.

Locher had been missing since Wednesday night, after he didn't return from a daylong fishing trip.



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