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Wisconsin camper drowns

DUNBAR, WI (AP)--   A 37-year-old Clintonville man accidentally drowned while camping alone in Marinette County. 

According to a county sheriff's news release, deputies received a 911 call at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday that someone had fallen from some rocks into the water while taking photographs at Twelve Foot Falls County Park in the Town of Dunbar.

Witnesses pulled Robert Fietsch to shore and tried to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful.

The sheriff says he was camping alone. Deputies don't suspect foul play.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.