BIG LAKE - A Monticello man died in a lake near Big Lake. The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office says they were called to Lake Mitchell on Friday at about 4:30 p.m.

Fifty-two-year-old Paul Pohlkamp was swimming and anchored around a friend's boat when he was found unresponsive in the water. He was lifted into the boat and taken to the Big Lake public access where paramedics tried to revive him.

Pohlkamp was wearing a life jacket.

The incident remains under investigation.

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