On Saturday, August 12, 2023 at about 1537 hours, GWS was contacted about a 60+ year old male that went missing off a watercraft near the Woodland Resort area of Creel Bay on Devils Lake.  The victim was on a Woodland Resort-rented pontoon when he jumped off the drifting vessel, without a pfd, surfaced, appeared to be in distress.  

He then slipped under the water and went missing.  The Lake Region Search and Rescue Dive Team and others searched until after dark with no success.  The search continued the next morning at about 0800 hours.  The Jamestown team located the drowning victim with their towfish unit and then retrieved the body with their ORV unit at about 1138 hours on Sunday August 13, 2023.

Devils Lake
Devils Lake                   