Body Recovered From Wisconsin River

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office reports the body of a man was recovered Monday morning from the Wisconsin River. The agency explained the body was found on a sandbar of the river about 1.75 miles down from where a 24 year old man was reported missing on Sept. 1. The Sheriff’s Office stated it was still identifying the body found and notifying the man’s family. His name will be released at a later time. According to a report, the Sauk County Communications Center received a call of a missing swimmer before 4 p.m. on Sept. 1 in the Wisconsin River, near Peck’s Landing in Spring Green. Authorities responded to the area and learned that three men had entered the water from a sandbar and were swept away by the current. Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said one man was able to swim back to the sandbar and another man was rescued by a boat passing by. The third man, a 24-year-old from Richland Center, was not accounted for. Multiple agencies searched the river but could not find him before dark.