(Houghton County, MI) - The Houghton County Sheriff's Office used a tracking device to find a person missing from Hancock Township this week. Deputies received a report of the missing 20-year-old on Tuesday. The individual is enrolled in the Houghton County Project Lifesaver Program. Deputies arrived at the scene and located a signal with Project Lifesaver equipment. They tracked the signal point-7 miles through wooded, hilly terrain… and after 28-minutes found the individual.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan State Police from the Calumet post, and Station 80.
