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ORV rider gets lost in Ontonagon County

ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI--   A Chassell man is safe after he got lost on his ORV in Ontonagon County.

WLUC-TV says Erik Stricker took off on his side-by-side Monday around

4:30 p.m. and was last seen near Victoria Dam in Rockland Township, but his cell phone later pinged from a tower near Taylor Lake in Watersmeet Township.

Multiple agencies searched the dense forest. According to his wife, Stricker was found safe Tuesday evening near Agate Falls, between Bruce Crossing and Trout Creek. His condition is unknown at this time.

Additional details have not yet been released.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.