Man dies in apparent drowning in western Minnesota lake

July 18, 2014 at 6:39AM

A 23-year-old man who was pulled from a lake behind his western Minnesota home apparently drowned, authorities said Thursday.

Ryan D. Dodds was pulled early Wednesday evening from Maple Lake, south of Alexandria, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Emergency personnel tried to resuscitate Dodds, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said.

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