Man dies in Galesville lake, apparent suicide

(KWNO)-A person is dead after an apparent suicide in Galesville on Tuesday morning. The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a suspicious person on Lake Court around 8:00 a.m. Deputies believed the man was having a mental health crisis and tried to approach him but the man went into Lake Marinuka, swam to the middle of the lake and then disappeared from view, according to a press release. Several area dive teams, including Winona Dive and Rescue, were called to the scene and found the man dead at the bottom of the lake. The search lasted more than two hours. The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office says it will not be releasing the man’s name.