Body Found in Rainy River

Authorities have located the body of a Birchdale, Minnesota man in the Rainy River. 

The Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible missing boater in the area of Franz Jevne State Park around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. 

Police located an overturned boat approximately three miles west of the Nelson Landing in Birchdale. 

Authorities recovered the body of 63-year-old Steven Monrean a short time later.

The Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in the search by the U.S. Border Patrol ground and air units, Minnesota State Patrol, and the Lake of the Woods County Sheriff’s Office