Body of missing man from March 29 accident found

Kyle Foreman, Public Information Officer for the Grant County Sheriff’s Office in Ephrata, reported that a body found Monday morning, May 19, in an irrigation canal above Summer Falls Dam is believed to be that of Scott Kolves of Ephrata who went missing and was presumed drowned during a March 29 accident.

An irrigation district employee found the body around 8 a.m. The site is not far from where the pickup truck in which Kolves and his three sons were riding went into the canal. Scott Kolves’ eight-year-old son Korey died as a result of the accident. Scott Kolves’ 10- and 12-year-old sons wer...