(Corrects location) 9-a.m. News…(In an update to our previous reports…) The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says a Wiota man was injured during a single-vehicle accident Tuesday night, east of Atlantic. Deputies responded to the scene off White Pole Road (Highway 6), just west of 650th (Highway 71), around 9:24 p.m. Upon their arrival, a vehicle was found upside down in a cornfield. The lone male occupant, 44-year old Joseph Lewis Grimes, of Wiota, was extricated from the vehicle by rescue crews and was taken to Cass County Memorial Hospital.

Grimes was later flown by Life Flight to an unknown hospital, for treatment of serious injuries. An investigation into the crash is ongoing. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Cass County EMS, Atlantic Fire and Rescue, and the Iowa State Patrol.