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Officials release ID of Wisconsin woman drowned in Minnesota

Posted at 3:38 PM, Aug 24, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-24 16:39:34-04

Authorities have released the name of a Wisconsin woman who died in an apparent drowning in a Minnesota lake.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old Panhia Danielle Yang of Sheboygan was pulled from Ponto Lake in rural Backus on Aug. 18. She died at a hospital a day later.

Officials say she had been swimming near the shore when she was found to be not breathing.