Emergency workers performed life-saving measures on the man and Ringdahl Ambulance took him to Lake Region Healthcare where he was pronounced dead, the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office said.
Scott Simdorn was pulled from the water and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office.
Once the dam is removed, it will be replaced with a set of rapids created by the installation of boulders, a project that will allow fish to navigate that stretch of the Pelican River.
A home on the 34000 block of 230th Avenue in Erhard, Minn., was deemed a total loss following a fire that began just after 5 p.m. on Dec. 29, according to a sheriff's office news release
He will be the only first-term Republican Senator on the Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, the Human Services Committee, and the Pension Commission.