AMHERST (WAOW)-- A silver alert for a Portage County couple has been canceled.
The update came into the newsroom just after 4:30 a.m.
The pair was found safely in Washington County.
They are now with family.
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A silver alert has been issued for a Portage County couple.
According to a news release from the Department of Justice, Betty and Virgil Eaton were last seen at their Amherst home at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, but haven't been seen since.
They were on their way to get their taxes done at the H&R Block at the Wal Mart in Plover.
The couple was driving a tan Chrysler Town and Country with a license plate number of WI/VKE.
The van is equipped with a handicap accessible wheelchair ramp.
Betty, 88, has short curly gray hair. Virgil, 90, has short light brown, but is mainly bald. B
oth have blue eyes.
If you have any information about where they are, you're asked to call the Portage County Sheriff's office at 715-346-1400.
