The Wheaton College community is saddened by the death of sophomore Alex Heidengren. Alex, 18, had participated as a counselor in the Summer Leadership School at HoneyRock in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Local authorities began a daylong search for him on Saturday morning, August 8, when camp officials became aware that he was missing. His body was discovered late Saturday evening, in Long Lake by underwater cameras operated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. An investigation into the cause of death is ongoing.
Other departments participating in the search and recovery operations included the Three Lakes Police and Fire Departments, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Department, the Wisconsin State Patrol Air Unit, Oneida County Emergency Management, and canine units from Three Lakes Police Department and the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department. Volunteers also searched the area.
HoneyRock is the Northwoods Camp and Campus of Wheaton College (IL), located in Three Lakes, Wisconsin.
