Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday that four crew members and a helicopter from the guard will head to northern Minnesota to help transport equipment for the search.
BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. — The Minnesota National Guard is joining the efforts to find two missing canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.Two canoes went over Curtain Falls, which is right on the Canadian border, on Saturday, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. Two canoeists were rescued — one of them badly injured, but expected to survive — but two more have yet to be found. 'No one expects their vacation to turn to crisis.
Earlier this week, parts of the BWCA — including Iron Lake and part of Crooked Lake — were closed as officials searched for the missing canoeists.The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office requested the Minnesota National Guard's assistance, Walz said. Angie Grams, Reis Grams' wife, says that for now, no news is good news.'Unfortunately, or fortunately, we have nothing,' she said.
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