PETERSON, Minn. (WXOW) - The Fillmore County Sheriff's Office said searchers have recovered the body of a fisherman in the Root River Wednesday afternoon. <\/p>\n
Fillmore County Sheriff John DeGeorge said that they were notified around midnight that the man was missing. A friend of the man said he'd gone fishing alone on the river Tuesday afternoon but never returned home. <\/p>\n
Using an airboat from the Minnesota DNR, the man's body was recovered shortly after 1 p.m. in the Root River between Peterson and Rushford. <\/p>\n
The man's body was found a short distance downstream from the man's flotation raft according to the sheriff.<\/p>\n
An autopsy is scheduled to determine how the man died. <\/p>\n
The man's name isn't being released pending notification of relatives. <\/p>\n
The search was led by the Rushford Fire Department with the assistance of the Minnesota DNR, Winona County Dive Rescue, Houston Fire, Rushford Police, and the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office. <\/p>\n
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