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Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a drowning that occurred Saturday evening at Witmer Lake in LaGrange County. The lake is part of the Dallas Chain of Lakes.
At approximately 5 p.m., the LaGrange County Dispatch Center received a report of a drowning at Witmer Lake. Upon arrival, officers on scene determined that a juvenile jumped from a boat into the water and did not resurface.
Other passengers on the boat immediately jumped into the water to help locate the juvenile but were unsuccessful.
At approximately 8:15 p.m., Indiana Conservation Officers recovered the juvenile’s body, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident is under investigation. Assisting agencies include the LaGrange County Sheriff Department; Indiana State Police; Johnson and Orange Township Fire Departments; Kendallville, Ashley, Salem, and Fremont Fire Departments; Parkview EMS and LaGrange County Coroner’s Office.
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By Louie Stout
If you want to know more - and ask questions- about northern Indiana fisheries and the DNR’s research work, you’ll get that chance April 21 or April 22.
Those are the dates that the DNR will host two interactive webinars, during which you can log onto a site and watch and listen to biologists explain their work, stocking programs and discuss which fisheries are doing best in those regions.
In addition, you can ask questions through a chat feature included with the webinar. Links are listed later in this story.
“We want the public to take part and ask about specific lakes,” says Northern Supervisor Tom Bacula. “It’s an opportunity for the public to interact with us without having to travel to a specific location.”
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The Indiana DNR has placed boating restrictions on watercraft on the Indian Lakes Chain.
The emergency order places an idle speed restriction on motorized watercraft on Indian Lakes Chain, which consists of Witmer, Westler, Dallas, Hackenberg and Messick lakes in LaGrange County due to high-water levels.
A boating restriction is put into effect when surface water conditions are likely to enter dwelling structures as a result of a wake.
For information on Indiana boating advisories, please visit on.IN.gov/boatadvisory.
To view all DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.
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The Indiana DNR has placed boating restrictions on watercraft on the Barbee and Tippecanoe Lakes Chain and Lake Wawasee.
The emergency order restricts the operation of motorized watercraft on the Barbee Lakes Chain, which consists of Kuhn, Big Barbee, Little Barbee, Irish, Sechrist, Sawmill, and Banning Lakes in Kosciusko County due to high-water levels. T
he DNR also placed an idle speed restriction on motorized watercraft on Tippecanoe Lake Chain, which consists of Lake Tippecanoe, Oswego, and James Lakes and Lake Wawasee.
A boating restriction is put into effect when surface water conditions are likely to enter dwelling structures as a result of a wake.
For information on Indiana boating advisories, please visit on.IN.gov/boatadvisory.
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The Indiana DNR has placed boating restrictions on watercraft on the West Lakes Chain, Smalley Lake, and Sylvan Lake.
The emergency order restricts the operation of motorized watercraft on the West Lakes Chain, which consists of Waldron, Steinbarger, Tamarack, and Jones lakes and Smalley Lake in Noble County due to high-water levels.
The DNR also placed an idle speed restriction on motorized watercraft on Sylvan Lake.
A boating restriction is put into effect when surface water conditions are likely to enter dwelling structures as a result of a wake.
For information on Indiana boating advisories, please visit on.IN.gov/boatadvisory.