RedactedNarrative: Man Rescued at Chief Lake in Bear Township; Police Arrived to Overturned Kayak
  4/3/18 - Bear Lake, MI
  Deputies from Manistee County Sheriff’s office received a call of a man in the water at Chief Lake in Bear Lake Township Tuesday morning. The man was in a kayak, and when police had arrived the kayak was overturned. Due to the ice around the open water, a nearby person was unsuccessful in getting his small boat out to the man. The male subject, a 67-year-old man from Chief Lake, was not wearing a life jacket. Fireman on the scene were able to break through the ice and get a John boat out to his location. He was conscious and alert, and transported to Munson/Manistee Hospital for medical treatment. Deputies were assisted by Bear Lake and Onekama Township Fire Departments along with Michigan State Police. Once Onekama F/R got to the victim he was alert they secured him onto the ice water board and signaled to shore to start pulling him and the fire fighter to shore. Victim was brought to shore and handed off to Munson EMS and was taken to hospital.