UPDATE: Boy found dead in Wisconsin River in Merrill

A dive team has recovered the body of a 13-year-old boy in the Wisconsin River in Merrill Sunday evening.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's office received the call at 3:27 p.m. that the boy went under water, and didn't resurface.

The Merrill Fire Department Chief Dave Savony says the boy was found by a dive team around 7:15- 7:30 p.m. about 15 feet from where he was last seen.

Full story: WJFW

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