Body found in popular Minnesota lake

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Bemidji, MN) -- Officials are investigating after a dead body was found in a northern Minnesota lake.

A Department of Natural Resources biologist discovered the body floating in Lake Bemidji on Wednesday. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office said officers recovered clothing and personal items on the shoreline near where the body was found.

The man's identity and cause of death hasn't been released, and an autopsy is pending.