HAGER CITY, Wis. – The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department says a 44-year-old Minnesota man drowned after trying to go for a late-night swim in the Mississippi River.
The victim is identified as Curtis Allen Golla of Woodbury. Authorities say he was standing on a dock near a house boat in Hager City when he decided to jump into the river. Witnesses saw him enter the water but say he didn’t resurface.
A group of people in the area found Golla submerged in about 10 to 12 feet of water. They located sheriff’s deputies who started life saving measures, but Golla died a short time later at Fairview Red Wing Hospital.
