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UPDATE: Bodies of two men found in Lake Michgan after being swept in

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A Coast Guard Helicopter flies above lake Michigan searching for two missing men Friday afternoon (Photo: Jon MacDonald)
A Coast Guard Helicopter flies above lake Michigan searching for two missing men Friday afternoon (Photo: Jon MacDonald)

SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ) – The bodies f two men swept away by big waves on Lake Michigan in Sheboygan Friday afternoon have been recovered. 

The body of 37-year-old Kurt K. Netzer was found around 3 p.m. Saturday, nearly 24 hours after he was swept in.  The body of 21-year-old David Diener was found Sunday around 12:20 p.m.

High winds and waves swept Netzer, his friend and neighbor into the lake while fishing off the North Peir’s break wall and light house.  A woman with the group was pulled in by passerbys. 

Authorities got a call around 3:30 p.m. Friday, and immediately began a search and rescue operation.

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