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Article: 2 Iowa Falls men drown at Alden dam.
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- Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA)
- Article date:
- April 30, 2007
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Apr. 30--ALDEN -- Two Hardin County men died Sunday evening after swirling waters beneath a low-head dam apparently pulled their canoe into a troubled area of the Iowa River.
Authorities identified the victims as Jonathan Hill, 26, and Drew Goodknight, 22, both of Iowa Falls. A third passenger in the boat, Levi Wendland, 26, also of Iowa Falls, escaped serious injury but was reportedly taken to Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls.
The incident happened shortly before 6 p.m. when the three were paddling on the Iowa River. After reaching the dam at Alden, they carried their canoe around and below the dam, but the vessel was apparently sucked into ...