Boy Missing in Spillway

A dive team and fast water rescue team from Sioux falls are currently searching the area around the spillway a mile north of Baltic after a group of 8 tubed down the Big Sioux River from Dell Rapids last night. The group stopped to comtemplate options when a 17 year old boy from Colton decided to go down the spillway and continue floating down. The group last saw him going over the spillway and his inner tube was recovered further down stream but as of now the boy has not been found. Rescue teams with the Minnehaha County Sheriff, Baltic Volunteer Fire and Rescue, and Dell Rapids Volunteer Fire Department are helping in the search.