(Harlan) The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the owner of abandoned ice fishing equipment at Prairie Rose Lake.
On Tuesday, approximately 4:50 p.m., the Shelby County communications center was notified of fishing gear that had seemed to be abandoned on the lake at Prairie Rose State Park. Local emergency responders were sent to the scene to assist the Iowa DNR with a potential fall through the ice. Responders searched the area for abandoned vehicles or any other sign of the fisherman.
The Harlan Fire Department Ice Rescue Team retrieved the gear and checked the area of the gear revealing an older hole in the ice. Rescue divers with Midwest Regional Dive Team were called in to search the area below the ice where they did locate several fishing items such as a heater and ice auger. Boot tracks were seen coming off the ice but all efforts of search and rescue were still performed with the unknown situation.
At this time no one was located. If you have any information on the situation or may have partially fallen through and left your gear behind, please contact the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office at 712-755-5026.
Assisting Agencies include:
Harlan Fire Dept, Iowa DNR, Iowa State Patrol, Denison Fire Dept, Walnut FD, Crawford County EMA, Shelby County EMA, Audubon County EMA, New Hampton FD, Corning FD, Red Oak FD, Montgomery county, Cass County, Ringgold county, and Shelby County EMS and many other volunteer agencies.
