Grant County man dies after drowning in Mississippi River
May 23, 2021 9:58 PM
Stephen Cohn
POTOSI, Wis. — One man died Sunday afternoon after drowning in the Mississippi River in Grant County.
According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Mitchell Hochhausen, 63, of Potosi, and his wife were with two of their grandchildren swimming on a sand beach island about a mile north of Potosi Point around 3:30 p.m.
A news release said Hochhausen had swam into the river to retrieve an item that had floated away, but was not able to make it back to shallower waters when he was swimming back.