On Saturday, July 4 at approximately 2:23 a.m. the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a missing 78-year-old male with dementia in the City of Winger. The subject had been missing for approximately two hours with family members searching for him.
With the assistance of the Winger Fire Department, Essentia Ambulance, Polk County K-9, and the Polk County Drone the subject was located within three hours, approximately a quarter-mile south of his residence in a tree line.
After being medically checked and cleared he returned to his family.
