INDIA LOTUS ORMAN - 15 yo - Land O' Lakes / Minneapolis WI

Amber Alert issued for missing teen



Land O' Lakes (WQOW/AP) - A missing teenager last seen in northern Wisconsin has prompted an Amber Alert.

The fifteen-year-old was last seen Sunday evening at Conserve School, in Land O' Lakes in Vilas County. She went on a nature hike after dinner, and did not return to her dorm room before bed time.

A large search and rescue effort is under way for India Lotus Orman of Minneapolis. Orman is a white female, 5-feet, 6-inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a powder blue jacket, blue pants, tan boots, and a gray striped hat.

If you have any information that could help, you're asked to call (715) 479-4441.

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LAND O' LAKES, Wis. (AP) -- A search and rescue effort is under way in northern Wisconsin for a 15-year-old Minnesota girl who did not return to her dorm room after a nature hike.

Officials say there is no indication of foul play.

The Vilas County Sheriff's Department says Sunday that India Lodis Orman of Minneapolis was last seen around 5 p.m. Saturday. She is a student at Conserve School, in Land O' Lakes.

Officials say Orman went for a hike after dinner, but did not return to her dorm at bed time.

A sheriff's dispatcher says officials are using search dogs, but can't conduct air searches Sunday because of the weather.

Orman is a white female, 5-feet, 6-inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a powder blue jacket, blue pants, tan boots, and a gray striped hat.

Authorities say a 15-year-old Minnesota girl who went missing after a hike in northern Wisconsin has been found.
An official with the Vilas County Sheriff's Department says Sunday
night that India Lodis Orman was located. She does not appear to be
seriously injured, but she was cold. Authorities are still gathering
details and have no immediate information.
Authorities spent Sunday searching for Orman. She was last seen at
the Conserve School, in Land O' Lakes, about 5 p.m. Saturday. It
appears she went on a hike after dinner, but didn't return to her dorm
room.
Conserve School offers high school juniors a one-semester
opportunity to focus on the environment and conservation. The school has
a residential program and is located on a 1,200-acre wilderness
campus.

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