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Milwaukee man drowns after falling off Cass Street Bridge.

Byline: Dan Springer

Oct. 1--For the second straight year, the opening weekend of Oktoberfest has been marred by the drowning death of a college-age man.

According to La Crosse police, a Milwaukee man, who was attending college in the Twin Cities, drowned early Sunday after falling from the Cass Street Bridge into a slough immediately west of the main channel that connects to Pettibone Lagoon.

The body of the man, whose name has not yet been released, was located between the main channel and west channel of the Mississippi River on the south end of Barron Island, according to a news release from the La Crosse Fire Department.

Police and rescue crews were ...

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