NEWAYGO COUNTY — A 24-year-old White Cloud man is in critical condition after being pulled from the water Thursday afternoon at Operator’s Village Day Park on the east side of Hardy Dam.

The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office said in an Aug. 8 news release that deputies and dive team members arrived at the park within 10 minutes of the 1:07 p.m. emergency call.

As they arrived, firefighters from the Big Prairie and Croton Township fire departments located the man underwater and brought him to shore.

He did not have a pulse when he was removed from the water, according to the sheriff’s office. First responders immediately began CPR. Life EMS arrived soon after and assisted with lifesaving measures.

The man regained a pulse and was transported to Corewell Health in Big Rapids, then flown by

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