Cass County drowning victim identified as 37-year-old Wisconsin woman

Panhia Danielle Yang, of Sheboygan, Wis., was discovered unresponsive near shore by other beachgoers about 4:20 p.m. on Aug. 18.

August 25, 2018 at 10:07PM

Authorities on Friday identified the 37-year-old woman who drowned last week while swimming on Ponto Lake near Backus, Minn.

Panhia Danielle Yang, of Sheboygan, Wis., was discovered unresponsive near shore by other beachgoers about 4:20 p.m. on Aug. 18.

Cass County emergency workers pulled Yang from the water and performed CPR before transferring her via helicopter to a St. Cloud Hospital. She died the next day.

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Liz Sawyer  covers Minneapolis crime and policing at the Star Tribune. Since joining the newspaper in 2014, she has reported extensively on Minnesota law enforcement, state prisons and the youth justice system. 

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