The body of a fisherman who fell through the ice was recovered Monday afternoon on Tamarock Lake in northwestern Eaton County.  A caller alerted the Eaton County Sheriff’s Office that someone had gone through the ice around 1:40pm and the Tri-County Dive Team responded to the scene in the Tamarack Lake State Game Area, east of Woodland near St. Joe Highway and Irish Rd. in Sunfield Township.

Officers said that rescuers were hindered by poor ice conditions and were unable to mount a rescue.  Within a few hours, divers recovered the body of 41 year old Jason Eugene Betts, a resident of South Boardman in Kalkaska County.  Betts was fishing by himself at the time. Another person who had come out to go fishing called 911.