Man’s body found

    The body of a Minnesota resident who was presumed to have drowned near Manitou Rapids on Sunday afternoon has been recovered.
    “They found the body last night, so it will now allow the family to move on,” Rainy River First Nations manager Dean Wilson said this morning.
    Chief Jim Leonard had said yesterday that the man, who he believed to be 30 years old and from Cass Lake, Mn., was coming to visit his girlfriend who lived at Manitou Rapids.
    “For whatever reason, [he] was turned back at the border,” Chief Leonard had noted. “So what he did was he made his way to Manitou Rapids on the American side and then tried to swim across.”
    The man apparently tried to swim across above the rapids but was pulled into the current.
    A call went out yesterday for volunteers to help look for the man’s body in the Rainy River.
    “We want to thank everyone for their support and help, especially members of the Rainy River First Nations,” noted Wilson.
    The name of the victim has not yet been released and the investigation is in the hands of U.S. authorities.