Swimmer’s Body Recovered From Mississippi River in Southwest Wisconsin

Authorities in southwest Wisconsin say they’ve recovered the body of a swimmer who went missing on the Mississippi River. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office says the 18-year-old man from Waterloo, Iowa went underwater Sunday and apparently drowned. His name hasn’t been released. Deputies say he disappeared after trying to swim from shore by the Gordon’s Bay boat landing to island where friends were camping. Crews searched Sunday and most of Monday before finding his body north of Prairie du Chien.