The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the loss of a trooper who drowned in a northeastern South Dakota lake over the weekend. According to the Day County Sheriff's Office, Mollie McClure went missing early Sunday evening after jumping off a boat to swim in Waubay Lake in the town of Webster,

The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the loss of a trooper who drowned in a northeastern South Dakota lake over the weekend.

In 2023, McClure went viral when the department shared a video of her rescuing a baby deer that was caught in a fence. McClure heard the sounds of the crying deer, then wiggled the fawn from the fence to reunite it with its mother, the video shows.