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Drowning victim recovered in Marinette

By Journal staff 1 min read

MARINETTE -- Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller reports that at 5:19 p.m. on July 12, Marinette County Dispatch received a call of a missing person, Harold L. Patz, age 73, of Dunbar, Wisconsin.

Deputies responded to Twin Lake Road in the Town of Dunbar. Over the course of the following week, searches were conducted on the ground and in the water using grid searches, K9s, drones, boats, underwater remote operated vehicles and multiple dive teams.

At approximately 12:54 p.m. Sunday, Patz was located deceased in West Twin Lake and recovered by dive team members.

The sheriff's office was assisted by the Middle Inlet Fire Department Dive Team, Dickinson County Sheriff Dive Team, No One Left Behind K9 Search and Rescue, Wisconsin DNR, Brown County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, Crivitz Police Department, Pembine-Dunbar-Beecher Rescue Squad, Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine Fire Department, Newbold Fire Department K9 Search and Rescue and the Marinette County Medical Examiner's Office.

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