Sean C. Morgan
A Sweet Home High School sophomore drowned Thursday evening while fishing in the South Santiam River.
The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District and Linn County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of Matthew Ryan “Mattie” VanBrocklin, 15, at approximately 7:30 p.m., within about 25 feet of where he had last been seen.
At about 5:05 p.m., Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a fisherman in distress floating downstream in the…