(Marshalltown, Iowa) – The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office reports the body of an ice fisherman was recovered from a lake near Ferguson, Friday night. 64-year-old Timothy Eggers, of State Center, was recovered from the lake at around 8:30-p.m.  He was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.

Deputies had been called out to Green Castle Lake in Ferguson to help find a fisherman. When first responders arrived, they found Eggers partially submerged and unresponsive. The Marshalltown Fire Department began a cold-water rescue and the man was brought to shore and then taken to the hospital.

A preliminary investigation pointed to ice conditions on the lake as a contributing factor to the accident.