Body Found

     On October 13, 2013 at approximately 2:55pm the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a possible body located in the Baraboo River just south of Rock Springs off of CTH DD.  This was in the same area that Frank O. Shimniok, age 57, went missing on October 6, 2013.

     A Sauk County Sheriff’s Deputy arrived on scene and observed what appeared to be a body stuck on a log jam in the Baraboo River.  The Sauk County Dive Team was summoned to the scene and removed the body.   

    The body was identified as Frank O. Shimniok and he was pronounced dead at the scene by Sauk County Coroner Greg Hahn.  

    This incident remains under investigation by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office and the Sauk County Coroner Office.

Sheriff Chip Meister