MARENISCO TOWNSHIP, MI-- An elderly woman reported missing from her Marenisco Township home has been found alive.
State Police from the Wakefield Post say Helen Wakevainen, 82, was last seen Tuesday around 12:30 p.m. Officials initiated a search, and 31 hours later she was found in the woods about a quarter-mile from her house on Lake Gogebic.
Wakevainen was taken to Aspirus Grandview Hospital for treatment.
Troopers were assisted by Gogebic County Search and Rescue, the Lake Gogebic Volunteer Fire Department, the Department of Natural Resources, the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department, the Marenisco Police Department, and the Gogebic County Victim Services Unit.