Family and friends organize foot search for missing Blackduck man

Family and friends are organizing a foot search for a missing Blackduck man, a sign that the case is still drawing active community concern in Beltrami County. The publicly visible preview for the Lakeland PBS item does not identify the man by name, give a precise route, or say how many volunteers are expected, but it makes clear that loved ones are still pushing the search forward.

That matters in a county where missing-person cases can stay open for months and rely on sustained public attention. In a separate Beltrami County case, authorities sought help finding 31-year-old Corey Adam Bryant after he was last seen in Bemidji on Dec. 19, 2025. Bryant had reportedly been in contact with family as recently as late January 2026, and the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said it had followed several leads without being able to make contact.

The county has also said before that searches in missing-person cases can include drones and K-9 units, alongside ground searches by friends, family and deputies. In one earlier release, Beltrami County urged residents to check their land, outbuildings and abandoned vehicles, a reminder of how much of rural northern Minnesota can be hidden from view once someone is out of contact.

The sheriff’s office also runs the Beltrami County Emergency Communications Center, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That makes it the main public-safety hub for tips and urgent information tied to a missing-person case, especially when search activity spreads across roads, woods and private property around Blackduck and the surrounding countryside.

State guidance from the Minnesota Missing and Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse says a missing person must first be reported to local law enforcement and entered into the National Crime Information Center database. For families in Beltrami County, that formal process is often only the beginning; the Blackduck foot search shows how relatives and friends continue pressing for answers long after the first report is made.

For now, the clearest verified picture is that the search remains community-driven, active and unresolved. Even without a named subject or a mapped route in the preview, the effort signals that people close to the missing man are still working to keep his case visible in Blackduck and across Beltrami County.