DENNIS REED, 75, of Des Moines (& formerly of Cass County), died Thursday, Dec. 23rd, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for DENNIS REED will be held at 1:30 pm on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Burial will take place in the Greenwood Cemetery, near Cumberland at a later date.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
JOANNE NOTTINGHAM, 91, of Greenfield, died Sunday, December 26, 2021, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. A Celebration of Life service for JOANNE NOTTINGHAM will be held Thursday, Dec. 30th at 11:00 a.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield (formerly Steen Funeral Home) has the arrangements.
Luncheon and fellowship with the family will be held at the church immediately following the service.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle.
JOANNE NOTTINGHAM is survived by:
Her son – Robert Marckmann, of West Des Moines.
Her daughters – Linda (Gary) Thompson, of Stuart; Wanda (Dennis) Johnson, of Fontanelle, and Joan (Craig) Burnett, of Leawood, Kansas.
Her sister – Barb Krambeer, of Lake View.
6 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
(Thurman, Iowa) – A traffic stop Saturday afternoon on Interstate 29 between the Percival and Thurman exits, resulted in the arrest of two Nebraska men on drug charges. According to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, deputies with the Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix for fraudulent license plates at mile-marker 19, southbound on I-29 at around 12:35-p.m.
The driver, 64-year-old George Haynes Sr., of Omaha, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of a schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and was cited for no valid driver’s license. He was being held at the Fremont County Jail on a $2,000 bond.
A passenger in the vehicle, 61-year-old Clinton Morris, also from Omaha, was arrested on an active warrant out of Nebraska. He was being held without bond, pending extradition.
Today: Mostly cloudy & windy, w/a 20% chance of rain between noon and 3pm. High near 47. SE winds at 10-20 w/gusts this afternoon to near 30 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 30. SE 10-25.
Monday: Sunny & windy, with a high near 40. W/NW @ 10-25 becoming S/SW in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 22.
Tuesday: A 50% chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain before noon, then a slight chance of rain between noon and 5pm, then a slight chance of freezing rain after 5pm. High near 40. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming N/NW in the afternoon & gusting to around 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 5.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 21.
JANEL KAE WILL, 72, of Wiota, died Saturday, December 25, 2021, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A Memorial service for JANEL WILL will take place at a later date due to COVID. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
JANEL KAE WILL is survived by:
Her sisters – Bette McCann, of Wiota, and Janiece (Denney) Anderson, of Visalia, CA.
Her brothers – Steve Simon, of Huntington Beach, CA, and Rick (Shellee) Simon, of Los Alamitos, CA.
4 grandchildren, her sister-in-law Jorene Simon, of Aurora, CO, other relatives and friends.
ROBERT E. SAMS, 76, of Atlantic, died Saturday, December 25, 2021, at the Atlantic Specialty Care. Graveside services for ROBERT SAMS will be held 10-a.m. Wed., Dec. 29th, at the Gosport Cemetery south of Knoxville, Iowa on Highway 14, with burial to follow. Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Atlantic is assisting the family.
(Radio Iowa) – The Loess Hills wildlife management area in western Iowa’s Monona County is shifting its conservation strategy. A forest stewardship plan is proposed, which means techniques would be used like forest thinning and timber harvesting to protect and attract new species. Forester Joe Herring says, in the past, wildlife areas would acquire property and leave the area to grow, but ecologists are pushing for a more hands-on approach.
This kind of active management is vital, Herring says, to solve major forestry issues in Iowa, like the decline of oak tree populations and the rise of invasive species. Iowa D-N-R wildlife biologist Doug Chafa says there’s a need for greater age diversity in the western Iowa woods. It’s a way to make sure a whole range of species can thrive in the 26-hundred acres spread across Monona County.
Similar plans have been developed statewide for many of Iowa’s wildlife areas already, but state foresters say much more active management needs to be done to protect Iowa’s woodlands.
(by Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio)
RONALD J. WITTROCK, 84, of Anita, died Saturday, December 25, 2021, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A Mass of Christian Burial for RONALD WITTROCK will be held 10:30-a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29th, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Anita. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with family present will take place from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Atlantic
Burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Anita, with a luncheon to follow held at the Anita High School.
Memorials may be directed to the family in honor of Ronald and may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home PO Box 523, Atlantic, IA 50022.
RONALD WITTROCK is survived by:
His daughter – Sheryl (Larry) Drees, of Adair;
His sons – Brian (Julie) Wittrock, of Carroll; Don (Lisa) Wittrock, of Anita, and Tom (Wendy) Wittrock, of Wiota.
His brothers – Alfred, Jerry, Charles, and Clarence
His sisters – Dorothy Berger of Lohrville, and Velma Tiggs, of Carroll.
17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
(Omaha, Nebraska) – A motorcycle accident in Omaha, Friday, claimed the life of a man from Pottawattamie County. According to Omaha Police, at around 3:24-p.m., officers were dispatched to a personal injury crash involving a motorcycle at the on-ramp from southbound 60th St to I-80 East. An investigation determined that a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 54-year-old Jamie Richardson, of Council Bluffs, was traveling on the on-ramp when it left the roadway.
The motorcycle and Richardson separated as both went down the embankment. Citizens performed CPR until Omaha Fire Department Medics arrived. Richardson – who was wearing a helmet -was transported to Nebraska Medicine with life-saving measures in progress, but he died during surgery.
Alcohol impairment is being investigated as a factor in this crash.
Police in Red Oak, Christmas morning, arrested a man for 5th Degree Criminal Mischief. 35-year-old Torrance Fitzgerald Hillard was arrested at around 2:30-a.m, and transported to the Montgomery County jail, where he was being held on $300 bond.
And, 63-year-old Michael Edward Smith, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Red Oak, for driving while barred. Smith was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000.00 bond.
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