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Published July 14, 2012, 08:29 AM

Buffalo County releases name of woman who drowned in Mississippi River

Western Wisconsin News
-- Authorities in Buffalo County have released the identity of woman who drowned in the Mississippi River near a sandbar at Belvidere Landing on Wednesday.

FOUNTAIN CITY - Authorities in Buffalo County have released the identity of woman who drowned in the Mississippi River near a sandbar at Belvidere Landing on Wednesday.

Witnesses say 35-year-old Tammy Lorenz was wading in the water when she either wend of a ledge or was swept under by swift current. She didn't resurface after going under.

Rescue crews recovered her body 150 yards downstream an hour-and-a-half after she disappeared.

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