Local search and rescue volunteers recovered the body of a 35-year-old Logan, Utah, man who drowned in Newton Dam on Saturday.

According to Cache County Sheriff Lt. Brian Locke, Austin Nsegiyumva was recovered from the reservoir early Tuesday morning.

Nsegiyumva was swimming in Newton Reservoir on Saturday night when he reportedly went under and was not seen again.

An extensive search for the man’s body was scaled back on Monday with the intent to have Search and Rescue volunteers remain in the area throughout the week. However, the man’s body began to surface on Tuesday, allowing volunteers to locate and recover him.

Locke said Nsegiyumva’s body will be transported to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s office for autopsy to rule out causes of death.

Newton Reservoir is located approximately 9 miles south of the Idaho/Utah border. 

A retired New York City police officer died Sunday night in the Bear River in the Oneida Narrows area.

According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a call for help at about 5:10 p.m. with a report that a man had possibly drowned near the Red Point Campground. The caller told dispatchers that the man, later identified 45-year-old William M. Dattheyn, had already been pulled out of the water and CPR was in progress.

When deputies arrived on scene, they found Dattheyn on the shore of the river surrounded by family members, including an off-duty Logan police officer. CPR had been discontinued.

Witnesses told deputies that Datthyn was on a tube in the river. His tube deflated and he was swept into some rapids and hit some rocks. He was found in about 3 feet of water, with his head submerged.

He was reportedly rescued by family members and brought to the shore. He was transported to the Franklin County Medical Center, where the Franklin County Coroner’s office took possession of his body.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said the the actual cause of death was not immediately apparent so an autopsy will be performed.

Datthyn was currently employed as a court bailiff for the Las Vegas County Sheriff’s Office.

A 30-pound fuzzy black ball of bear fur born early this spring made his debut on social media Monday before he was transported to the Predator Research Facility in Millville, where he will stay through the fall.

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Game Mammals Coordinator Darren DeBloois said the bear cub was captured in Southern Utah on Sunday after the recent death of his mother.

Before his arrival in Millville, the cub was taken to the Salt Lake City offices where he was sedated and subjected to a complete physical exam and a round of antibiotics. He was a little dehydrated, so he was also given some fluids, but he otherwise appears to be in good health.

A video highlighting the process was filmed and posted on the DWR’s Facebook and Twitter pages, along with a link to a webcam set up in his pen so he can be viewed remotely: http://bit.ly/bear_cam.

Four years ago, a new set of pens was built at the Predator Research Facility to accommodate bears during a rehabilitation project.

The bears there on Wednesday — including the newcomer — are indicative of the scenarios that can bring bears to such a facility.

The oldest of the three was an unruly teenager who was causing some problems in Kamas, DeBloois said. The female is about 18 months old and while she wasn’t aggressive, she was a little too comfortable around humans, he said.

Because of her young age, wildlife experts believe she can be taught to be less social, so she was captured and brought to Millville where she is housed in an isolated pen with very limited human interaction.

Ordinarily, DeBloois said, every effort is made to release the bears in the area where they were found, but she will likely be transported to another more remote location so her affinity for humans isn’t tested.

The female is presently sharing a pen with a younger male cub who was also orphaned when his mother was killed. DeBloois believes he was also born this spring.

The other bears will be gradually introduced to one another over the next few days, and then they will live together until late October or early November.

Until then, DeBloois said the objective is to put some weight on each of them and make sure they are as healthy as possible before they are released into the wild.

During their stay, they are fed fruits and vegetables that are donated to the facility, some special pellets that are similar to dog food and a special formula packed with nutrition to help fatten them up for the winter.

In addition, they are offered protein whenever possible from fresh roadkill or fish from the fish hatcheries.

The food is left lying around the pen so the bears have to search for it, preparing them for a life in the wild, DeBloois said.

When the bears are fat and happy, wildlife officers will release them back into the wild after all of the hunts so they have less opportunity to encounter humans. A late-fall release also allows the bears to become acquainted with their new environment before they need to find a den and hunker down for the winter.

Each of the bears will be collared so biologists can track their movements, monitor how well they adjust to the wild and make sure they don’t get into trouble.

In July, two Utah bears were euthanized — one after repeatedly entering a Park City home and the other after biting the back of a man’s head while he lay sleeping.

DeBloois said there are bears in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest east of Logan, but they generally stay in the higher elevations between Monte Cristo and the Peter Sinks area.

The Predator Research Facility in Millville is operated by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in a close partnership with Utah State University.

The research facility houses about 100 coyotes on 165 acres of land located just south of Millville, and scientists there study the habits of predator mammals, with much of the research centered on coyotes.

According to the USDA, “research efforts are directed towards reducing livestock depredations and damage caused by coyotes, bears, and wolves, resolving conflicts in urban areas, and mitigating impacts of predators on wildlife populations.”

Two employees of Beaver Mountain Ski Resort were rescued near Peterson Hollow south of the Idaho/Utah border just before midnight Tuesday, after multiple rescue teams spent hours combing the mountain trying to find them.

According to the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, Luke Stevenson and Allison Huish went skiing earlier in the day, with plans to be back to the lodge by 4 p.m. when one of them was scheduled to work.

“The two skiers had gone on the back side of Beaver Mountain and found themselves in a difficult position to continue down or go back up the mountain,” Lt. Brian Locke said.

When they realized they were unable to get out of the area they were in, Locke said they started a fire and waited it out until they were found at about 11:45 p.m.

When the pair did not return as scheduled, the Ski Patrol went out looking for them within the ski resort perimeter. The Cache County Sheriff’s Office was notified about an hour later and rescue teams were paged out to expand the search into Franklin Basin.

The official search began just before 7 p.m. with multiple teams going out in several directions in a coordinated search effort, with no sign of the skiers to be found.

Avalanche conditions have been dangerous this winter and a light snow was falling as they searched, although Locke said the worst of the storm had not arrived yet.

As the midnight hour approached, rescuers on the ridges around Peterson Hollow were discussing their ability to search down in the bowl without triggering an avalanche when the Ski Patrol reported they may have heard some shouts for help.

That led to the discovery of the two skiers, who were in good condition when they were found.

Locke said the Ski Patrol contacted the command center and rescue teams were able to get snowmobiles into the area and get the skiers down to the road where the Snow Cat was able to bring them back to safety, a process wasn’t wrapped up until 3:30 a.m.

“We are grateful to the Ski Patrol for their phenomenal work in locating the skiers, Search and Rescue, and many others for their coordinated search efforts in finding and rescuing the individuals,” the Sheriff’s Office stated Wednesday.

Sgt. Paul Todd, who oversees the Search and Rescue, said anyone traveling into the backcountry should bring proper equipment, food, water and avalanche beacons. And, he said, let people know where you are going and what time you will be back.

Two employees of Beaver Mountain Ski Resort were rescued near Peterson Hollow south of the Idaho/Utah border just before midnight Tuesday, after multiple rescue teams spent hours combing the mountain trying to find them.

According to the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, Luke Stevenson and Allison Huish went skiing earlier in the day, with plans to be back to the lodge by 4 p.m. when one of them was scheduled to work.

“The two skiers had gone on the back side of Beaver Mountain and found themselves in a difficult position to continue down or go back up the mountain,” Lt. Brian Locke said.

When they realized they were unable to get out of the area they were in, Locke said they started a fire and waited it out until they were found at about 11:45 p.m.

When the pair did not return as scheduled, the Ski Patrol went out looking for them within the ski resort perimeter. The Cache County Sheriff’s Office was notified about an hour later and rescue teams were paged out to expand the search into Franklin Basin.

The official search began just before 7 p.m. with multiple teams going out in several directions in a coordinated search effort, with no sign of the skiers to be found.

Avalanche conditions have been dangerous this winter and a light snow was falling as they searched, although Locke said the worst of the storm had not arrived yet.

As the midnight hour approached, rescuers on the ridges around Peterson Hollow were discussing their ability to search down in the bowl without triggering an avalanche when the Ski Patrol reported they may have heard some shouts for help.

That led to the discovery of the two skiers, who were in good condition when they were found.

Locke said the Ski Patrol contacted the command center and rescue teams were able to get snowmobiles into the area and get the skiers down to the road where the Snow Cat was able to bring them back to safety, a process wasn’t wrapped up until 3:30 a.m.

“We are grateful to the Ski Patrol for their phenomenal work in locating the skiers, Search and Rescue, and many others for their coordinated search efforts in finding and rescuing the individuals,” the Sheriff’s Office stated Wednesday.

Sgt. Paul Todd, who oversees the Search and Rescue, said anyone traveling into the backcountry should bring proper equipment, food, water and avalanche beacons. And, he said, let people know where you are going and what time you will be back.