3-31-21 rescue search becomes recovery effort on lake winnebago

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff says two Fond du Lac area men in their early 20s are missing and presumed drowned after falling out of a canoe on Lake Winnebago.   The victims have been identified as Dakota Goldapske and Michael Gohde, both 21 years old,  and from Fond du lac.  The rescue search turned into a recovery effort Tuesday for the two men who were  tossed into the water about a mile north of the Fond du Lac River outlet Monday night and  were not wearing life jackets.  Waldschmidt says a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter with night vision and infrared camera system was not able to detect any heat signatures on the lake.  The search was suspended for a second day in a row late Tuesday afternoon and will resume Wednesday morning.  Waldschmidt says the conditions on Lake Winnebago Monday were not appropriate for any vessel  let alone a canoe.

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