July 4, 2020 – Town of West Bend, WI – On July 3, 2020, at 7:58pm, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a man who dove into Big Cedar Lake and had not surfaced.
Big Cedar Lake PRD boat patrol responded along with Sheriff’s Deputies, and Wisconsin State Patrol. Allenton Fire Dept. and West Bend Intercept were dispatched to the address in the 5700 block of West Lake Dr, in the Town of West Bend.
The 50-year-old Wausau man was brought out of the water and lifesaving efforts were attempted on scene. Ultimately, the man did not recover, and was pronounced deceased.
The case remains under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Medical Examiner’s Office.