51-year-old man dies in drowning at eastern Kansas lake over Labor Day holiday weekend

A 51-year-old man has died after drowning at Lake Miola in Paola, Kansas, police said in a news release posted on Facebook.

Police responded to a possible drowning shortly after 7 p.m. at the lake in Lake Miola Park at 299th Street and Hedge Lane Road on the north edge of Paola.

Members of the Paola Fire Department, Osawatomie Fire Department’s water rescue, Miami County EMS and the Miami County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist. The Miami County Water Rescue located the man shortly after 8 p.m. and pronounced him dead, according to the news release.

The man’s identity has not been released. The investigation into the drowning is ongoing, police said.