OTTERTAIL, Minn. (KFGO) – An Ottertail man has been identified as the person who drown over the weekend in Otter Tail Lake.
64-year-old Scott Simdorn died after he and two other people were pulled from the northeast side of the lake Saturday night. They were on an ATV and snowmobiles. Simdorn was taken to the hospital in Perham where he died.
Otter Tail County deputies, the State Patrol, Ottertail Fire-Rescue, Perham Fire and Perham EMS responded to the call.
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