Ice fisherman who went missing during blizzard warning found dead at Minnesota lake
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The remains of a man who went missing while ice fishing on a Minnesota lake Tuesday evening have been recovered, authorities announced this week.
The man, identified as 58-year-old Troy Allen Krenz, went ice fishing around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on Cannon Lake in Faribault, about 50 miles south of Minneapolis, according to the Rice County Sheriff’s Office.
Krenz didn’t make it home, so family and friends began to search for him, the sheriff’s office said.
Loved ones found a body floating in the lake at 10 a.m. Wednesday and called authorities shortly after, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Agencies including the Faribault Fire Department and Rice County Sheriff's Office arrived and used cold water suits to enter the open water and pull the body out of the water.
The Rice County Sheriff's Office described the death as a "drowning incident," but the office noted it is working with the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office to determine his cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.
According to the sheriff’s office, Rice County was under a blizzard warning from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Weather officials called for 7 to 9 inches of snow and winds above 40 miles per hour during that period.
Calling it "a powerful winter storm," the National Weather Service said there was heavy snow, and as northwest winds strengthened, gusts reached 50 miles per hour.
Saleen Martin is a reporter on Paste BN's NOW team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Email her at sdmartin@usatoday.com.
This story was updated to add a video.