The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office was searching Friday morning for a missing boater on Nokay Lake, east of Brainerd.
Capt. Scott Goddard of the sheriff's office said the boat and water division and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources were searching for a 54-year-old Brainerd man.
The sheriff's office received two reports before 8 a.m. Friday-one of an empty boat on Nokay Lake and a second requesting a welfare check on a man who didn't show up for work. Goddard said the employee is the man who is the registered owner of the boat.
Goddard said it appears the man was fishing, but now is unaccounted for. About five search and rescue boats were searching the area east of an island on the lake.
The sheriff’s office has closed the boat access to the lake off Nokay Lake Road, while it searches for the Brainerd man. Goddard encourages motorists to use an alternative route if they can.
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