March has proven to be busy for Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers, who completed two separate rescues within seven days.
Man hospitalized after falling off boat in frigid river
A 59-year-old man was fishing on the Au Sable River in Alcona County with a 10-foot boat on the afternoon of March 25.
The agency says the man texted 911 that he fell into the river while trying to get off the boat and had difficulty breathing.
“The DNR later learned that the man had open-heart surgery two years ago and had recently been feeling ill,” the agency said in a news release…