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Missing Man Found Safe By Authorities

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The elderly man who hadn't been seen for over a day has been found safe and sound.

Langlade County Sheriff's officials issued a Silver Alert for 79-year-old Gerald Mikkelson Wednesday evening. He was located shortly before midnight. Mikkelson is from Kansas but has family members in Langlade County and also in southeastern Wisconsin. He left the Polar area east of Antigo, and family members believed he was traveling to visit his sister in the Milwaukee area.

He had law enforcement contact in Waukesha County at 10:00 p.m. Monday due to driving concerns, and told police he was lost and was given directions. Mikkelson's family received an email from him Tuesday morning indicating that he was fine, had gotten lost and stayed at a hotel between Milwaukee and Chicago and is on his way back to Kansas.

He didn't arrive as expected, so the family contacted law enforcement officials. Mr. Mikkelson's wife reports that he has driven between Wisconsin and Kansas numerous times.

No details about how or where Mikkelson was located have been released.

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