Lake Ida Drowning Victim Identified

ALEXANDRIA, MINN. (KFGO) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who drowned on Lake Ida, north of Alexandria as 59-year old Danny Haak, of Alexandria.

Saturday afternoon, the sheriff’s office received a 911 call from a neighbor reporting a frantic woman ringing their doorbell. The neighbor had viewed the woman through his doorbell’s camera.

A short time later, the same woman called 911 and reported that she had found her husband in the lake and he was unresponsive.

A retired Minnesota state trooper was on scene and was able to bring Haak to shore and start CPR. When emergency responders arrived, they continued to administer CPR, but resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.

Authorities said it’s unclear how Haak ended up in the water. He was located near shore and the dock he had launched his boat from.

Haak, who was not wearing a personal flotation device, was found approximately 30 to 40 feet from shore and in 4 to 8 feet of water.