BENSON COUNTY, N.D. (KFGO) – Benson County Sheriff Steve Rohrer says a Fessenden man drowned Saturday on Pelican Lake north of Devils Lake
Rohrer says Jim Kirkeide,52, was in an airboat, fishing with two others when their boat took on water and sank within seconds. Rohrer says the two other men in the boat, both from Langdon, made it to shore.
Rohrer says life jackets were on the boat but the men didn’t have time to put them on. It’s not been determined what caused the boat to take on water. The sheriff says much of the lake still has ice on it.