Sheriff vehicleAn apparent drowning is under investigation in north-central Iowa. Divers recovered the body of a man Friday afternoon at Little Wall Lake south of Jewell in Hamilton County.

Hamilton County sheriff Dennis Hagenson said the search started Friday morning when someone discovered a set of key, sunglasses and a parked vehicle near the south end of the lake.

Search boats were called to locate the person. The Hamilton County Sheriff and Conservation Departments and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are investigating. The identity of the man pulled from the lake has not been released.

(Reporting by Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City)

 

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