KENDALLVILLE — The victim in Tuesday’s drowning at Bixler Lake, Kendallville, has been identified as Dwayne Sparkman, 52, Kendallville, according to a release by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division.

KENDALLVILLE — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has released details pertaining to the drowning victim recovered in Bixler Lake, in Kendallville, Tuesday evening.

KENDALLVILLE — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a report of a possible drowning in Bixler Lake in Kendallville. At 5:36 p.m. today, Tuesday, Aug. 25, Noble County Dispatch received a call that witnesses observed a person calling for help while swimming near the southwest side of the lake. Witnesses observed the person go under the water and not resurface.

A 5-year-old Cromwell boy died Sunday in a Fort Wayne hospital, the result of a drowning accident at a Kendallville lake. Indiana Conservation Officers investigated what was first called a “near drowning” Saturday at Bixler Lake. Dominic Lehman passed away at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Parkview Hospital. ICO’s say that at approximately 4:50 p.m. Saturday, …read more.