Authorities search Grand Traverse Bay for boater who went missing Monday

Leelanau County authorities are searching for a 25-year-old boater who went missing Monday on Grand Traverse Bay, they said.

Dispatchers at about 8:40 a.m. on Monday received a report of an unattended dinghy spinning in the water just off Stoney Point in Suttons Bay Township, officials said. Stoney Point is about 273 miles north of Detroit.

First responders arrived minutes later and located the dinghy’s owner, the Leelanau County Sheriff’s Office said. The owner told police that Brett Zimmerman, 25, of Lansing, Kan., was the last known person aboard the vessel…

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