Boaters rescue six from river

From the Janesville Gazette

...The incident started just before 6:44 p.m. Thursday, when the Town of Beloit police and fire departments and two deputies from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for six people in the Rock River.


The three adults and three children were getting out of the boat near a sand bar south of Townline Road near the Heron Bay subdivision, according to a news release from the Town of Beloit Fire Department.

The sand bars, which are in a wide bend in the river, are popular spots for boaters, said Town of Beloit Officer Janelle Jurkiewicz.