Illinois Woman Drowns On Jacks Fork River In Shannon County

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A woman from Granite City Illinois drown on the Jacks Fork River in Shannon County Friday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 48 year old Sherri Baker was floating on a tube when the tube hit a sunken stump and Baker was swept under water. The drowning happened just before 1 Friday afternoon about 5 miles south of Eminence.