Oct 12, 2023

Body of man recovered from Wilson Lake after multi-day recovery effort

Posted Oct 12, 2023 8:03 PM
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RUSSELL COUNTY SHERIFF

RUSSELL COUNTY - The body of a man reported to have fallen out of a boat Sunday afternoon at the west end of Wilson Lake has been recovered, Russell County Sheriff Fred Whitman said in news release this afternoon.

 Search crews recovered the body Michael Wayne Larson, 58, of Salina,  Thursday morning.

The multi-day recovery effort included the Kansas Highway Patrol, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Russell County EMS and Fire Departments, Russell City Fire Department, and volunteer divers.

Game wardens from the wildlife and parks department will be completing a fatality boat accident investigation.

No other information will be released at this time, Whitman said in his release.