LAKE TOWNSHIP, Wis. The body of a missing Stephenson man was found Thursday at Shakey Lakes Park.
First responders were dispatched at 7:47 p.m. after Lon Joseph Harrand, 67, was reported missing while ice fishing on Shakey Lakes, according to an Menominee County Sheriff’s Office press release.
Officials say Harrand fell through the ice and drowned. His body was recovered by ice rescuers.
Harrand had reportedly stopped by the campground earlier in the day and saw other ice fishermen at the location. He went home to get his ice fishing gear and returned back to the lake to the fish, the release states. After he did not return calls to his cell phone, family and friends saw boot prints going out onto the ice at the scene, but no tracks indicating Harrand had walked off the ice.
MENOMINEE A Stephenson man drowned Thursday after going through the ice on Shakey Lakes in Menominee County.
Lon Harrand, 67, reportedly had stopped at Shakey Lakes Park campground earlier in the day, seen others ice fishing and gone back home to get his gear.
The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office and first responders were called out about 7:47 p.m. after Harrand failed to come home and did not answer his cell phone, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Family and friends went to the lakes, finding boot prints going onto the ice but none returning.
Ice rescuers reached where Harrand had fallen through the ice and were able to recover his body, the news release stated.
MENOMINEE A Stephenson man drowned Thursday after going through the ice on Shakey Lakes in Menominee County.
Lon Harrand, 67, reportedly had stopped at Shakey Lakes Park campground earlier in the day, seen others ice fishing and gone back home to get his gear.
The Menominee County Sheriff’s Office and first responders were called out about 7:47 p.m. after Harrand failed to come home and did not answer his cell phone, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Family and friends went to the lakes, finding boot prints going onto the ice but none returning.
Ice rescuers reached where Harrand had fallen through the ice and were able to recover his body, the news release stated.