Local fisherman found dead on Blackfoot River

A Lincoln man was found dead along the Blackfoot River last Wednesday after failing to return from a fishing trip the day before.

A friend of James Savstrom called the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday night, April 2 after seeing Savstrom’s truck parked along Highway 200 near the Powell County line that night, Deputy Robert Rivera told the BVD.

Rivera, who is based in Lincoln, re...