Missing Person Rescue
On 8/23/2022 the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing 20-year-old Hancock Township person. The individual was enrolled in the Houghton County Project Lifesaver Program.
Deputies arrived on scene and located a signal with the project lifesaver equipment. Deputies, began tracking the signal and located the individual after 28 minutes, covering a distance of approximately .7 miles through wooded, hilly terrain.
The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Michigan DNR / Conservation Office, Michigan State Police Calumet post, and Station 80.
More information about project lifesaver can be found at the Portage Health foundation website https://www.phfgive.org/ or the project lifesaver website https://projectlifesaver.org/