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A 66-year-old Minocqua man struck by lightning while walking his dog during a violent thunderstorm died Thursday afternoon at a burn center in Madison.

Bryan Jennings, a supervisor with the Town of Minocqua Board. was hit by lightning about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday outside his home at Tanglewood Court as a thunderstorm with heavy lightning and rain rumbled through the area. The Onieda County medical examiner's office confirmed Jenning's death on Friday morning.

The man's five-month-old dog was not hurt, police said.

Jennings was unresponsive when medical help arrived and he was taken to a hospital in Minocqua before being transferred to the University of Wisconsin Hospital burn center in Madison, police said.