Man dies after recovered from Lake Mendota

By the Associated Press

CREATED Aug. 30, 2012

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Police say a swimmer pulled from Lake Mendota Thursday has died at a Madison hospital.

The Madison Fire Department's Lake Rescue Team was called to the water near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Limnology building about 7 a.m. to help a swimmer who failed to surface.

Fire officials tell WISC-TV (http://tinyurl.com/8e5a7gt ) divers located the missing man in about 15 minutes. UW police say he was taken to University Hospital where he died.

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Information from: WISC-TV, http://www.channel3000.com