GEARY COUNTY —Authorities on Monday suspended their search for a possible drowning victim at Milford Lake, according to the Geary County Sheriff's office.
Gusty winds have created problems in the Clarks Creek area on the northwest side of the reservoir. There were high waves and high surf and the dive team and boats could not be put in the water. There is a chance of inclement weather throughout the day.
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GEARY COUNTY —Geary County Sheriff's authorities reported the search for a possible drowning victim at Milford Lake was called for the day early Sunday evening. Two days searching have been met with no results.
Multiple agencies from across the region joined the Geary Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and the Geary County Sheriff's Office/Junction City Fire Department Dive Team in their search for the missing subject. We would like to thank Kansas Wildlife and Parks Parks Division, Kansas Wildlife and Parks Law Enforcement Division, Milford State Park Wildlife and Parks Division along with Corps of Engineering Park Rangers for their assistance today. Departments planned to use remaining hours of daylight to evaluate their equipment and prep it to resume the search Monday morning after sunrise.
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GEARY COUNTY —First responders from the Geary County Sheriff's office searched Saturday evening for a man last seen swimming to shore in Milford Lake.
Deputies had responded to Eagle Ridge Campground in Milford State Park at 3:29 p.m. regarding a woman who had drifted into shoreline in a homemade water vessel. The search was ended for the evening about 9:15 p.m. and will resume early Sunday morning.
According to the Sheriff Department, the woman said that she and a man were walking the shoreline near Curtis Creek when they located a water vessel made from 55 gallon drums and 2x4 lumber. The couple enter water in the vessel when they were caught by the wind and were being pulled toward the main body of the lake. The man jumped into the water to swim to shore to call for help. He was last seen in the water as the woman drifted away in the vessel.
The Sheriff Department reported that the incident is being investigated as a possible drowning at this time.
Geary County Sheriff's Deputies along with the Sheriff's Office Marine Unit and the Geary County Sheriff's Office / Junction City Fire Department Dive team searched the area.