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Child drowns after falling through ice in Marquette County

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, WI – One child drowned early Sunday afternoon after falling through ice on Twin Lake in Marquette County, the sheriff’s office says.

Authorities received a call that several Amish children had fallen through the lake ice around 12:30 p.m.

Five Amish children were ice-skating and fell through. Four of the children made it out safely and one child drowned, according to Marquette County Sheriff Joe Konrath.

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