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A 21-year-old Stilwell man is believed to have drowned in Tuttle Creek Lake

By Robert A. Cronkleton
Searchers on Sunday were looking for the body of a 21-year-old Anthony Berg of Stilwell who is believed to have drowned in Tuttle Creek Lake north of Manhattan, Kan. This Google Maps Street View image is from March 2016.
Searchers on Sunday were looking for the body of a 21-year-old Anthony Berg of Stilwell who is believed to have drowned in Tuttle Creek Lake north of Manhattan, Kan. This Google Maps Street View image is from March 2016. Google Maps

Searchers on Sunday resumed looking for the body of a 21-year-old Stilwell man who is believed to have drowned in Tuttle Creek Lake north of Manhattan, Kan.

Anthony Berg is believed to have drowned Saturday afternoon. The Riley County Police Department said his body was not found Saturday and that recovery efforts would resume Sunday.

Riley County police, along with the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office, Manhattan Fire Department, Riley County EMS, Riley County Emergency Management, the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, responded to the lake about 3 p.m. Saturday on reports of the drowning.







This story was originally published March 4, 2018 at 12:58 PM with the headline "A 21-year-old Stilwell man is believed to have drowned in Tuttle Creek Lake."

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