Brainerd Man Dies In Septic Tank

The body of 71-year old Dale G. Peterson of rural Brainerd was found in his septic tank last Friday. Peterson had been missing for about a week and friends had called the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Department. Deputies searched Peterson's Daggett Brook Township property and found the man. Sheriff Todd Dahl told the Dispatch that foul play is not suspected but he has no idea why Peterson ended up in the septic tank. Peterson will be buried this weekend.