Area mourns death of Jerry Donoven

After three days of searches interrupted only by sleep and bad weather, the community's worst fear had become reality as the body of 54-year-old Havre man Jerry Donoven was found Monday morning around 9:30.

Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom said the body was discovered “quite a ways” from where Donoven’s little blue and white boat was found Friday evening. Brostrom said the body was discovered by a volunteer on a jet ski who was able to access the thick marshy willows of that section of Fresno Reservoir.

Friends and family said they noticed Friday that Donoven had not come back from...