Lake Poygan Water Rescue and Recovery

WAUTOMA, Wis (WAUH)- One man is dead and another hospitalized after two days of water rescue efforts on Lake Poygan.

According to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Bay Lane Boat Launch just after 4:30 Saturday afternoon for a report of a boater in distress in the water.

They were able to get him out of the water. He was transported to a hospital and was expected to survive his injuries. They also learned a second man was unaccounted for and believed to still be in the water.

The Winnebago County Dive/Rescue Team, DNR, and several area fire departments responded to search the area. Sunday afternoon, a dive team and the DNR located the body of the missing man. His identity was known but not released.

The Boom Bay Fire Department, Winneconne-Poygan Fire Department, Poy Sippi Fire Department and First Responders, Fremont Ambulance and First Responders, Omro-Rushford Fire Department, and DNR assisted the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office.