Man overboard reported at New Town resort

(NEW TOWN) – A man has fallen overboard into the water at the Van Hook Resort in New Town, according to a post on the resort’s Facebook page Monday afternoon.

“WE HAVE A MAN OVERBOARD SITUATION. If you are on the water, please be on the lookout and help if you can,” a post read on Monday just before 4 p.m. The resort said the North Dakota Game and Fish along with the New Town Fire Department were on the scene, along with a handful of private boaters, looking for a man who is approximately 70 years old, wearing a yellow shirt.

As of Monday evening, officials have not been able to locate the man, but say there is a lot of shoreline to cover.

A dispatcher with the Mountrail County 9-1-1 Communications Center tells KTGO Radio News that no further information is available at this time.

KTGO Radio News has reached out to Mountrail County Sheriff Corey Bristol for more information.

We will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.