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The need to wander seems to be in our DNA. But people with disorders like Alzheimer’s, dementia, or autism might need help finding their way home.
Here in Marquette County, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program can help.
Family can enroll their loved ones in the Life Tracker program through RSVP. No one is turned down.
She said at any given time there are about 20 Marquette County residents fitted with devices. An RSVP volunteer will fit the device and if there is an issue with the tracker they will fix it.
The Life–Tracker frequency allows aerial and ground search teams to locate the missing person without wasting time searching in the wrong direction.
Upper Peninsula hospital reopens after bomb threat forces overnight lockdown
Updated 11:31 AM;
IRON MOUNTAIN, MI – An Upper Peninsula hospital was locked down for several hours on Monday after someone disguising their voice called in a bomb threat.
According to Director of Police and Fire Services Edwin Mattson, the threat was reported at Dickinson County Healthcare System at 1721 S. Stephenson Avenue in Iron Mountain at 8:40 p.m.
The Iron Mountain police and fire department responded to the scene along with the Dickinson County Sheriff, Michigan State Police, Kingsford Public Safety Department and the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department who brought an explosive detection K-9 to the scene.