Two boaters come to the aid of City Attorney Nelson Chipman, at right, who had helped a man who had fallen into Pretty Lake while transporting a boat. Chipman is pictured here helping the man from the water. Pilot photo/Maggie Nixon

By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH — A Pretty Lake resident took a swim a bit earlier in the season than he may have liked.
The Marshall County Dive team, along with the Plymouth Fire Department and officers from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a call  Tuesday evening at Pretty Lake of a boater in distress in the water.
“I was watching a gentleman pulling his pontoon in a rowboat,” said Chris Marohn, a resident of Pretty Lake who witnessed the incident. “After a moment, the boat disappeared and there was something in the water behind the pontoon. Don (Marohn) got out the binoculars and said that he was in the water and he called 911.”
“He was trying to walk between the rowboat and the pontoon when he just lost control and went in the water,” said Crystal Garza of the Plymouth Fire and EMS. “The wind was horrible and that had something to do with it. By the time we got there, it had actually blown everybody over to the shore. I think a dive team member was the only one who had to get in and he was just at the edge.”