Hastings Deputy Chief Bryan Schowalter confirms that the Hastings Police Department assisted both the Goodhue
County Sheriff’s Office and the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office in response to an incident on the Mississippi River.
Authorities say that on Saturday, May 31, at approximately 10:17 a.m., Dakota County Dispatch received a report of a body floating in the Mississippi River near the confluence of the St. Croix River.
Water patrol deputies from both Dakota County and Pierce County, Wisconsin, responded to the scene and recovered the body from the river.
The body has been released to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. Officials say identification is pending the completion of the medical examiner’s investigation and notification of next of kin.
KDWA will continue to follow this developing story and provide additional information as it becomes available.
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