Missing Leland Man Ralph Westerberg Found Safe, Sheriff’s Office Says

LELAND, Iowa — A rural Leland man with dementia who had been missing since Monday night was found safe, according to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office.

Ralph Westerberg was located and is doing well, officials said. He is being transported to a medical facility for evaluation as a precaution.

Westerberg had not been seen since Monday night, and there had been no reports of his location or direction of travel prior to being found, the sheriff’s office said. He did not have a cell phone with him at the time he went missing.

Authorities had asked North Iowa residents to watch for Westerberg, who may have been driving a white 2005 Toyota Camry bearing Iowa license plate QIG081.

Further details on the circumstances of his recovery were not immediately available.  We will have more on this story when it becomings available.