MOSINEE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Marathon County have recovered the bodies of two men who drowned at the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir this week.
Sheriff's Lt. Ted Knoeck says 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 it. A Wausau Daily Herald report (http://wdhne.ws/MJ6Txw ) says he went underwater and never resurfaced.
Locher had been missing since Wednesday night, after he didn't return from a daylong fishing trip.
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Information from: Wausau Daily Herald, http://www.wausaudailyherald.com
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