ELLSWORTH COUNTY —Emergency responders are currently searching near the middle ramp of the Minooka campground at Wilson Lake for a person reported missing just before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Keith Haberer, Russell County emergency management coordinator, said emergency responders are gathering to assist in the search, and asked the public to avoid the area.

The area has suffered from flooding in recent months, but campsites near the ramp are set to open this week, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

On July 31 last year, a Great Bend man died at the reservoir while trying to swim to a boat that floated away.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.