Body of 67-year-old ice fisherman found at park in U.P.
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
A view of holes that were drilled into a Michigan river for ice fishing on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, (MLive file photo)Rachel Ellis | MLive
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LAKE TOWNSHIP, MI The body of a 67-year-old man from Stephenson, Mich. was recovered from Shakey Lakes Park in Menominee County, according to the Associated Press. Lon Harrand fell through the ice on one of the lakes Thursday after attempting to go ice fishing.
Harrand went out on the lakes after seeing other out on the ice earlier in the day. After seeing the others, he returned home, grabbed his gear and went out to fish.
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.
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LAKE TOWNSHIP On December 17th at 7:47 p.m. first responders were dispatched to Shakey Lakes Park in Lake Township, where a Stephenson man, Lon Joseph Harrand, was reported missing while ice fishing on Shakey Lakes.
It was reported that Mr. Harrand had stopped by the campground earlier in the day and saw other ice fishermen on the lake. He went home to get his ice fishing gear and returned back to the lake to fish. He never returned home in the evening. He did not answer phone calls on his cell phone, and friends and family investigated. There were boot prints going out onto the ice, but no boot prints returning.
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.