Drownings are rare in Racine County. They are even rarer in public waters like Lake Michigan without a compounding factor, such as an unrelated medical event preceding a drowning.
Never in the past four years prior to last month has a drowning in Racine County been attributed to a rip current. But rip currents were a factor in all three deaths in June, according to the Racine County Medical Examinerâs Office.
Thatâs part of what made the three youths who died in unrelated drowning events last month so shocking.
Officials have said itâs practically impossible to be prepared for a rip current since they can seemingly come out of nowhere.
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RACHEL KUBIK
RACINE â In order to stimulate the ecosystem and create opportunities for fishing, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released chinook salmon into the Root River Wednesday afternoon near Downtown Racine.
A total of 33,000 chinook salmon were released into the Root River near Fifth Street Yacht Club, 761 Marquette St. The original plan was to release them into net pens near Pugh Marina, 1001 Michigan Blvd., and feed the fish morning and evening until they were eventually released.
Aaron Schiller, fisheries biologist of Southern Lake Michigan Fisheries with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, releases one of the 33,000 chinook salmon that were added to the Root River Wednesday near Fifth Street Yacht Club, 761 Marquette St.Â
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