Update: Body Recovered On Shannon Lake

SHANNON LAKE, Minn. – A body was recovered Tuesday from Shannon Lake after emergency crews responded to a water emergency, according to a law enforcement official.

The victim was identified Tuesday evening as Louis Vajdl, 76, of Chisholm.

Shannon Lake is about seven miles northwest of Chisholm in St. Louis County.

The call for help came in around 3:45 p.m. for a report of a body seen floating in the water near an overturned canoe.

Earlier in the morning, Vajdl told family that he was going out to check the wild rice crop in the lake, which he had done for many year.

No criminal activity is suspected, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office.