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Woman missing from Sawyer Airport

UPDATE (8/27)--  The Marquette County Sheriff's Department says information received through social media led to the confirmation of a sighting of the missing woman in Marquette.  She was located around 9:45 Wednesday morning in the city, in good health and not in any danger. 

Officials say she could not board her flight at Sawyer because her passport was expired.

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SAWYER, MI--   Authorities in Marquette County are asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing woman.  

The Sheriff’s Department says the 72-year-old Asian woman was last seen with two suitcases at Sawyer International Airport around 5 a.m. Wednesday.  Instead of boarding her plane she walked off in an unknown direction. 

The woman is described as being 5 feet tall and heavyset with white and gray hair.  She was wearing blue jeans and a long, floral-print jacket. 

Anyone with information on the missing woman’s whereabouts is asked to call Central Dispatch at 475-9912. 

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.