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Canoeist drowns in Lake of the Ozarks

Highway Patrol divers find a man’s body in the Lake of the Ozarks.

Troopers say two men were on a canoe in the main channel of the lake when they fell overboard Tuesday afternoon. One man, 28-year-old Nicholas Compton of Lebanon, made it to shore. Somodd Kong of Osage Beach did not.

Divers found the 24-year-old Kong’s body on Wednesday afternoon.

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