Search continues for a missing 8-year-old in the Porcupine Mountains

GOGEBIC & ONTONAGON COUNTIES – A search effort is underway Sunday to find a missing eight-year-old boy in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.  According to the Michigan State Police dozens of agencies from across the U.P. and Wisconsin are participating in the coordinated search including the U.S. Coast Guard and multiple resources from several counties are part of the search. The state police say a group of family members was camping in the state park. Half of the family was fishing, and half was collecting firewood. The eight-year-old boy asked to return to the nearby camp site. He left to walk back at 1:00 p.m. ET Saturday. That’s when he was last seen. The family searched on their own and then reported the situation to law enforcement around 6:00 p.m. ET Saturday.  More information when it becomes available, law enforcement asks the public to not participate in the search, it eliminates chaos in the search efforts.  The boy is a student in the Hurley School District in Hurley.