Authorities ID man who drowned in lake near Alexandria

The body was recovered about 50 feet from shore, authorities said.

July 25, 2019 at 12:23PM

A 49-year-old man has drowned in a west-central Minnesota lake, authorities said.

A distraught caller to 911 notified the Douglas County Sheriff's Office late Tuesday afternoon that Brian W. Carlson was submerged in Lake Burgen, located roughly 4 miles southeast of Alexandria.

A county dive team recovered the Alexandria man's body about 50 feet from shore and in 10 feet of water, the Sheriff's Office said.

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