Overview

• The Wright County Sheriff’s Office responded just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to a capsized fishing boat near the Xcel Energy plant in Monticello.
• Three adult men were in the water; two reached shore, while a third was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead despite life‑saving efforts.
• Officials say everyone from the boat has been recovered from the river, and the survivors are receiving medical care.
• The response involved Xcel Energy employees, the Monticello Fire Department, the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office, the Minnesota DNR and the Minnesota State Patrol.
• FOX 9 reports a GoFundMe identifies the deceased as a 28-year-old Monticello father of four, though authorities have not confirmed the identity.