a mud-covered 1985 Ford F-150 from Lake Winona. It had been reported stolen out the city of Winona in 1989, and ended up under 17 feet of water for 30 years. June 2019 news

The truck had a 1990 Wisconsin license plate, but the Department of Motor Vehicles people were unable to connect the plate to an owner.

Chief Deputy Jeff Mueller estimates the truck sat on the lake bottom for the past three decades before it was discovered when a fisher picked up something unusual on a fish finder sonar about 100 yards from shore.

The vehicle’s location has led some to speculate that the vehicle may have fallen through the ice.

The discovery of the truck comes just less than a year after the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department pulled a sunken 1980s Chevrolet Suburban from the Mississippi River.

The Suburban was discovered last July after multiple agencies received reports of a large object located about 50 yards off the shore in the area of Ninth Street in Buffalo City.

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