A man is reported to have drowned while fishing at Lake Milton late in the evening Oct. 17.

The Lake Milton and Craig Beach fire departments responded to a report that the 19-year-old man fell off a dam and went under the water at around 10:30 p.m., according to a Portage County Water Rescue Team media release.

The Lake Milton Fire Department activated the water rescue team at 10:36 p.m. and the first fire department units arrived at 10:42 p.m. Thirty water rescue team members responded.

The water rescue team was told that four friends were fishing from the lake side of the dam, close to Grandview Road on the lake's west side, when one reached down to grab a fishing net and slipped, falling into the water, the release says. Two others also fell in, but two of the three who fell were abl

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