POWELL TOWNSHIP, MI— A missing Powell Township woman is safe and sound after she went missing Wednesday.
Around 7:30 p.m., deputies from the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Search and Rescue unit were dispatched to Brown Deer Road. They began a search for a 75-year-old woman with dementia who had walked away from her residence earlier in the day.
Rescue personnel located the woman in a wooded area. She was tired but in good condition. The woman was returned to her family.
Assisting at the scene were Michigan State Police and their K-9 team.
Police remind residents about a program in Marquette County called Life Tracker. It’s a partnership between the Sheriff’s Office, RSVP, and TRIAD that uses telemetry-based tracking to locate special needs people at risk of wandering.
More information is at RSVP of Marquette County, at 906-315-2607 or 906-315-2658.
