(Elliott, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 2:08-a.m. today (Saturday), in Montgomery County, resulted in the arrest of a woman on a warrant. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the traffic stop was conducted at 5th and Elm Streets, in Elliott. Upon further investigation, Deputies arrested 24-year-old Ashley Nicole Fitzwater, on a Page County Class-D Felony warrant for Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Facility.
WILLIAM PAUL SCHAFER, 72, of Adair, died Wed., Dec. 28, 2022, at Cass Health, in Atlantic. A Celebration of Life for WILLIAM SCHAFER will be held 10-a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at the First Congregational Church, in Stuart. Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at the Church on Wednesday, Jan. 4th, from 5-until 8-p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Congregational Church.
Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
New Year’s Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 31. East northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday: Rain likely after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 42. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Rain before midnight, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 3am, then rain likely after 3am. Low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 42. The Low was 17. Last year on this date, the High was 31 and the Low was 4. The Record High for Dec, 31st in Atlantic, was 60 in 1891. The Record Low was -26, in 2014.
Music City Bowl: Iowa 21, Kentucky 0
Sugar Bowl: #5 Alabama 45, #9 Kansas State 20
Fiesta Bowl: #3 TCU 51, #2 Michigan 45
Peach Bowl: #1 Georgia 42, #4 Ohio State 41
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(Cass County, Iowa) – Griswold Rescue and Cass EMS crews were paged at around 4:46-p.m. to the scene of a rollover accident. The crash was located near 60100 Yankton Road. A Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy was on-scene with the victim, who complained of pain, but the extent of their injuries was unknown. The driver was out of the vehicle with the deputy at last report.
No other details are currently available.
DOUGLAS “DOUG” HOWARD, 65 of Atlantic, died Friday, December 30, 2022, at Cass Health (CCMH) in Atlantic. Funeral services for DOUG HOWARD will be held 11-a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at the Fellowship Church, in Oakland. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation, with the family present, is from 6 until 7:30-p.m. Friday, Jan. 6th, at the funeral home.
The family invites friends and relatives to a luncheon following the service in the church fellowship hall.
A Private family burial will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to Gideon’s International.
DOUG HOWARD is survived by:
His daughter – Christina Flipse, of Omaha, NE.
His parents – George (Sharon) Howard, of Atlantic.
and 2 grandchildren.
JUDY ANN SCHEFFLER, 77, of Harlan, died Dec. 6, 2022, at Methodist Hospital. A Celebration of Life for JUDY ANN SCHEFFLER will be held January 7th, from 1-until 4-p.m., at the C.G. Therkildsen Center, in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
JUDY ANN SCHEFFLER is survived by:
Her husband – Henry Scheffler, of Harlan.
Her sons – Bill Scheffler, Kale (Jacie) Scheffler, Mike (Jenny) Scheffler, and Joseph Scheffler, all of Harlan.
Her daughters – Wendy (John) Mesenbrink, of Ankeny, Jenny (Neil) Pfeifer-Penn, of Colorado Springs, CO, and Amy (Brian) Coenen, of Harlan.
Her brothers – Gary (Barb) Ellsworth, of Hillsboro, OR., & Mark (Marsha) Ellsworth, of Omaha.
Her sister – Joyce Rabenberg, of Armour, SD.
14 Grandchildren, 3 Great-Grandchildren, her sister-in-law (Peg Ellsworth, of Harlan), and other relatives.
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