IRON MOUNTAIN — Possible human skeletal remains found Monday in the Hamilton Lakes area appear to be “old in nature” and are not believed to be linked to any local missing persons, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office said Thursday.

Deputies responded to the reported discovery and the Michigan State Police crime lab was consulted, Undersheriff Aaron Rochon said in a news release. The sheriff’s office assisted the crime lab in recovering the remains.

Forensic anthropologists from both Michigan and Wisconsin have been consulted and the incident remains under investigation, Rochon said.