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Today: Mostly cloudy w/a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. High near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon, and gusting to near 20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 40 % chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 58. W/NW winds @ 10-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 73. W/NW winds 15-30 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Wednesday: Sunny & breezy, with a high near 84.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 87 and the low was 62. We received .25″ rain overnight (as of 7-a.m. today/24-hour rainfall). This day last year the high was 88 and the low was 56. The all-time record high was 101 set in 1913. The record low was 39 set in 1964. Sunrise is 6:26 a.m. and sunset is 8:23 p.m.
(Cass County, Iowa) – Two men were injured during an accident early this (Sunday) morning, south of Griswold. Griswold Rescue and Cass EMS responded to the scene near 56171 Wichita Road. The call went out from a resident at that location, at around 2:51-a.m.
Both men complained of pain, according to dispatch reports, but the extent of their injuries wasn’t immediately known. Both men were transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak.
Additional information was not readily available
(Massena, Iowa) – One person was injured during a three-wheeled ATV accident late Saturday night, in Cass County (IA). According to dispatch reports from the Cass County Communications Center in Atlantic, the accident occurred at Highway 148 and Clarke Avenue in Massena, at around 10:25-p.m. A man was found laying on the street at that location.
Massena Rescue tiered with Cass EMS to transport the patient to Cass Health before he was flown to a trauma center. Additional information is not available at this time.
(Glidden, Iowa) – A child on a bicycle was seriously injured after being struck by a pickup truck Saturday afternoon, in Carroll County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the unidentified 8-year-old was struck when the bicycle they were riding rode out into the street in Glidden, into the path of a 2023 Chevy Silverado pickup. The driver of the pickup, 63-year-old Thomas Lee Fransen, of Carroll, was unable to avoid the collision.
The juvenile was transported to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines by Life Flight helicopter. Thomas Fransen was not injured during the accident, which happened at around 1:32-p.m., on Colorado Street, just south of 6th Street, in Glidden.
Deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene.
(Rural Guthrie Center, Iowa) – An accident involving an SUV Saturday morning, resulted in the death of a juvenile male. The Iowa State Patrol reports the accident happened at 2696 170th Street, as a 2002 Chevy Suburban driven by 45-year-old Shane Ellis, of Guthrie Center, was backing out of a residential driveway at around 9:38-a.m.
The 6-year-old child entered the blind spot at the right rear of the Suburban before the right rear tire of the vehicle struck the unidentified child. The Patrol says Shane Ellis performed life saving measures until rescue crews arrived on the scene. The child was pronounced deceased at the scene, a short time later.
JOHN P. GARRETT, 63, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, August 9, 2023, while on an Alaskan cruise. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service for JOHN GARRETT will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic.
The service will be recorded and available on the Roland Funeral Service website by Monday, Aug. 21st.
Open visitation will be held from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Friday, August 18th, at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, followed by visitation with family present from 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will be at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the family for designation toward a solar system display at a location to be to be determined.
JOHN GARRETT is survived by:
His wife – Carol Garrett.
Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg reminds residents of the County, that Monday, August 28, 2023, is the first day to file nomination papers with the Adair County Auditor, if you intend to run for Mayor or City Council or the School Board Secretary for School Board members.
The candidate filing deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 21, 2023. The City/School Election will be Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Voter pre-registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2023. You may file an absentee ballot request with the Adair County Auditor’s office beginning Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
Adair County Courthouse, Greenfield, IA
The deadline to request an absentee ballot be mailed is 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2023. The last day to vote absentee in the Auditor’s Office is Monday, November 6, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.