Just before 6 p.m. on Sunday, Fort Dodge Fire Rescue was dispatched to assist four male subjects stranded on the island. Fire Rescue deployed its boat to retrieve the four individuals from the island and return them to shore near Sunkissed Meadows Disc Golf Course.

According to Fort Dodge Fire Rescue, upon returning to shore, the four were evaluated for any injuries and while one did sustain minor injuries, all four declined medical attention.

The four individuals, identified as James Bruski, of Minnesota, Jonathan Loveless, of Missouri, Robert James, of Iowa, and Andrew Loveless, of Iowa, received citations for trespassing, according to Sgt. Zach Stanley with the Fort Dodge Police Department.

“The way the (state) code reads is if they use any property other than for its intended use, so they rappelled over the bridge onto that island, so they used the bridge ­inappropriately, so they got trespass citations,” he explained.

-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Fort Dodge Fire Department Lt. Eric Conell and Alan Angstrom, a firefighter/paramedic, and Fort Dodge Police Department officer Andrew Lane navigate the Fort Dodge Fire Rescue boat to the island located underneath the Karl L. King Bridge to retrieve four men who became trapped on the island after rappelling down from the bridge on Sunday evening.

Fort Dodge Fire Rescue was assisted by the FDPD and the Webster County Sheriff’s Office.