UPDATE: Authorities say Eden Valley, Minnesota, woman located safe

Dec. 21—EDEN VALLEY

— The

Stearns County Sheriff's Office

located an Eden Valley woman in

Minneapolis

on Wednesday.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office in an updated news release Thursday thanked the public for its help for providing information during the course of the investigation into her whereabouts after she was reported missing. Hohman is safe, the Sheriff's Office said.

According to an earlier news release issued Dec. 15, Kaitlyn Hohman was last in contact with her family on July 27, 2023, and efforts to locate her were unsuccessful.