HUDSON, Wis. (AP) -- The body of a missing Minnesota teen has been recovered from the St. Croix River at Hudson.

Authorities say 18-year-old Alexander Cook, of Lake Elmo, Minn., was at Lakefront Park beach with several friends Monday when they decided to swim the 200-yard channel to the Minnesota side.

Hudson Police Chief Marty Jensen says Cook made it about 50 yards when he began to struggle and went under. St. Croix County deputies, with help from Washington County, Minn. and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, recovered Cook's body shortly before midnight.

Jensen says the river's current is extremely strong because of its heightened water level.
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Hudson, Wis. (WEAU)-Search crews found the body of a teen missing in the St. Croix River.

Crews recovered the 18-year-old's body Monday night around 11:45. That was just hours after friends saw him disappear under the surface. Friends of the victim say the Lake Elmo teen was trying to swim from the Hudson Dike to the Minnesota side of the river.

Divers were called around 5 p.m. Monday after the teen started struggling and went underwater.
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STORY FROM 6/18/12
HUDSON, Wis. (WEAU) - Fire crews have called the search for a missing swimmer in Hudson for the night.

The Hudson Fire Department says dive teams searched the St. Croix River in downtown Hudson. Firefighters say the responded around 5 p.m. Friday evening.

The fire department says the search will be resumed Tuesday.