Pine County authorities searching for missing woman and dog. (Photo; Pine County Sheriff's Office)
PINE COUNTY, Minn. – A woman who went on a search in Pine County, in east-central Minnesota for her missing dog in sub-zero windchills Sunday afternoon did not return safely that evening. Both were found Monday afternoon by the sheriff’s search and rescue team.
Deputies and the woman’s family members searched throughout Sunday night. Monday morning, the search and rescue team joined the effort.
Their newly-trained human trackers discovered a signature print in the woods and kept looking for the woman over a mile-and-a-half from the initial print. A neighbor who joined the search found the woman and dog near the last print shortly before 2 p.m. Monday.
The 41-year-old woman and her dog were treated for cold exposure and reunited with their family.
The team initiated simultaneous searches on frozen Lake Alma, an air search with the Minnesota State Patrol Flight Section, and a land search.
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