Body of man who went missing while ice fishing found in Bayfield County lake

BAYFIELD COUNTY - Authorities have recovered the body of a missing 77-year-old fisherman from a lake in northern Wisconsin.

Bayfield County authorities say Louis Bickel of Mason had gone ice fishing on Perch Lake in the Town of Drummond on Saturday. His wife reported that night that he had not returned home.

Deputies arrived to find Bickel's vehicle as well as a hole in the ice about 50 yards off shore with some ice fishing equipment in and near the hole.

Full story: WJFW

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