Authorities search for endangered missing Dane County woman

Authorities in Dane County Friday asked the public for help in their search for a 64-year-old cognitively-impaired woman missing from a group home in the Village of Deerfield.

Kathleen “Kathy” Featherstone is described as white, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 240 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.

Featherstone was wearing a black and white, plaid, long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, white socks and black slip-on sandals, according to a news release from the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

She was seen shortly after noon Friday at the TA Travel Center in Janesville and has a history of asking for money and rides at truck stops and gas stations, according to the release.

She may be attempting to travel to Rockford, Ill., according to the release, which asks anyone who knows of Featherstone's whereabouts to call the Dane County Communications Center at (608) 255-2345 or the Dane County Sheriff’s Office tip line at (608)284-6900.