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Man from Shawnee, Kansas drowns in Stockton Lake

A man from Shawnee, Kansas drowned in Stockton Lake on the first cove west of the Stockton Dam just after 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 6th.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol Drowning Incident Report says 50-year-old Craig H. Olson of Shawnee, Kansas was swimming near a Laundau pontoon boat when he went under the surface of the water and did not surface again.
He was pronounced dead at the scene around 8 p.m. by Cedar County Deputy Coroner Joe Trussell.
It was Missouri Highway Patrol SW Missouri Troop D’s 3rd drowning so far in 2024.