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The body of a Kenmore man who disappeared Jan. 11 after falling from a boat into Lake Washington was recovered today by the Seattle police Harbor Patrol Unit. The 51-year-old captain of a sailboat off Magnuson Park was among four men aboard when he fell, police said. A search of the area failed to turn up any sign…

Update 4:45 p.m.: The Seattle Police Department called off the search for the missing boater at dusk, said spokeswoman Renee Witt. His body was not located and his name has not been released. Update | 12:35 p.m: The Seattle Police Department tweeted an update from the Harbor Unit, indicating officers will continue the search for the man “indefinitely.” The…

Update| 1:22 p.m: Police report they are now satisfied that no woman is missing in this incident. Police say the man they pulled from the water this morning told them he lied about a girlfriend or anyone else being in the lake with him. Detectives contacted the man’s girlfriend and she is fine. Police used sonar…

A 57-foot boat sank in 10 feet of water next to its dock at Lakewood Moorage, at 4500 Lake Washington Blvd. S., late Monday, according to the Seattle Fire Department. No one was injured, and it’s not clear what caused the boat to sink, Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore said. Firefighters got the call around 10:20…

This report is by Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times staff reporter Keith Magnuson who lives in Seattle along the shores of Lake Washington, was waterskiing Saturday when he came across a giant dead fish. “At first I thought it was a shark, but then we figured out it was a large sturgeon,” Magnuson said. Magnuson found the sturgeon…

We won’t have the Blue Angels at Seafair, but yes, we’ll still have Interstate 90 closed for an aerial display. The I-90 bridge across Lake Washington will close from 1:15 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday to accommodate the practice and performances of the California-based Patriots Jet Team, according to WSDOT. The six-jet civilian aerial acrobatics team…

Two Seattle police officers are being credited with rescuing a man who was trapped in a sinking car after he had driven into Lake Washington early Monday morning. Officers Dale Giese and Vanessa Flick went into the nearly 50-degree water with a Seattle firefighter just after midnight to get to the car that ended up about 50 feet…

Seattle police pulled a body from Lake Washington this morning. Officers were called to the 2300 block of Lake Washington Boulevard South, in the Mount Baker neighborhood, around 6:40 a.m. after a group of water skiers reported seeing what appeared to be a body about 100 yards off shore, Harbor patrol officers brought the remains to shore and turned the body…

Staff Reporter Ken Armstrong A 17-year-old off-duty lifeguard pulled a man from Lake Washington Saturday night and performed CPR before members of the Seattle Fire Department arrived to help, according to KING-TV. The man, 20, was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, KING reported. The off-duty lifeguard dived three times, in about…

UPDATE 7:00 p.m. | The man is listed in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center. UPDATE 5:30 p.m. | The Fire Department reports via its Twitter account that a 32-year-old man was pulled from the water. He had been swimming off a boat with family members. Rescuers found him in 10 feet of water about 30…