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MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP -- A Marquette Township woman and her dog were safely located and guided out of the woods Friday evening after becoming lost in the Hogsback Mountain area, according to the Marquette County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies were dispatched to the area near Marquette County Road 550 at approximately 7:02 p.m. Friday after receiving a report of a missing hiker who had gone off trail and could not find her way back.
The sheriff's office staged deputies near the hiker's last known coordinates, which were provided by Marquette County Central Dispatch. Marquette County Search and Rescue was contacted and responded to assist in the search.
Search and rescue personnel located the woman and her dog and guided them out of the woods. Neither the hiker nor the dog sustained injuries, according to spokesmen for the sheriff's office.
The Marquette County Sheriff's Office credited Marquette County Central Dispatch for its assistance during the incident.