WINONA, Minn. – Firefighters in their flat-bottom rescue boat to pull two people from the water off Latsch Island after their canoe overturned. One canoeist had swum to shallows off the Latsch Island beach and was standing in the water.. The other canoeist was hanging on to the capsized canoe. Although soaked, they were unhurt. This was about 9:45 p.m.As a precaution, dam-keepers in Fountain City and Trempealeau were alerted to halt barge traffic around the night-time rescue operation.
