EDDYVILLE – Authorities are continuing to search for an Eddyville man who remains missing after his boat hit underwater concrete in the Des Moines River on Sunday.

The search for 47-year-old Waylon Straube of Eddyville continued for a fourth day yesterday, and area officials are now calling the search a recovery effort. Straube was one of two people thrown from a boat on the Des Moines River near the Bussey Bridge; the other, 50-year-old Rosanne Benda, was rescued shortly after the accident by other boaters. 

The recovery effort for Straube remains active.