GOODVIEW, Minn. — A man missing at the Airport Lake swimming hole was found after a 40-minute search. Attempts to resuscitate the 22 -year-old man were unsuccessful. Winona County deputies delayed releasing his name until kin were notified. The 911 call had been about 8 p.m. The lake is a 12-acre gravel-mining pit that’s been decommisioned for decades and has filled with spring water. At places it’s 100 feet deep with sudden drop-offs and dramatic and unpredictable shifts in temperature at various depths. Swimming is not recommended. Even so, the shielded isolation of one cove draws young people to cool off, ,especially in hot, steamy weather.
Airport Lake. Off Theurer Boulevard at entrance to the Winona airport and the Goodview industrial park.