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Man drowns after going for swim while fishing in Linn County
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A man drowned after going for a swim while fishing at a Linn County quarry.
Linn County sheriff’s deputies were called about 9:30 a.m. Sunday to the Martin Marietta quarry, southeast of Cedar Rapids.
Friends and relatives of a man told deputies he was fishing but opted to swim a short distance.
Teams from Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon used boats to search and found the man’s body shortly after 11 a.m.
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